Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday shared an image on X showing rows of freshly dug graves, claiming they were prepared for more than 150 girls killed in a joint US-Israel airstrike on a primary school in Minab.
In his post, Araghchi alleged that the victims were “innocent young girls” whose bodies were “torn to shreds” in the bombing. He criticised US President Donald Trump, saying the attack contradicted Washington’s claims of delivering “rescue.”
Casualty Figures And Location
The deaths in Minab marked the first officially confirmed fatalities inside Iran since the launch of the joint US-Israel operation.
Minab is known to host a base of Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), though Iranian officials have maintained the strike hit a civilian educational institution.
Escalation And Political Messaging
The reported strike came amid widening hostilities between Washington, Tel Aviv and Tehran. Some of the earliest air raids were said to have targeted areas near the offices of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with Iranian media describing attacks across multiple cities and smoke rising over the capital.
Following the strikes, Trump urged the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise against the country’s Islamic leadership. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed that message, saying the joint campaign aimed to create conditions for Iranians to determine their own future.
