United Nations and U.S. Foreign Policy

Iranian state media and local officials say a deadly airstrike in Minab struck a girls’ elementary school near an IRGC naval base, killing as many as about 175 people — mostly young schoolgirls — with footage and images showing rows of child‑sized coffins and funerals while foreign journalists have been denied free access; Israel has denied any link and U.S. officials say the Pentagon is investigating. Commercial satellite imagery and independent analysts show multiple precise impact points within or adjacent to the IRGC compound, note the school and clinic lay close to military facilities, and suggest outdated targeting data could explain civilian casualties, with some analysts saying an external strike of the type seen would be more likely to have been carried out by the U.S. than by Israel.