US-Israel war on Iran: Netanyahu says ‘all indications’ show supreme leader Khamenei has been killed – live
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Israeli prime minister addresses media after US and Israel launch major combat operation against Iran; 201 people killed in Iran, media reports say

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency has reported that at least 40 people were killed after an Israeli strike hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab in the southern Hormozgan province.

This is a developing story. I’ve provided some micro-updates in the comments, focusing on the verification of the story.

I recommend this Middle East Eye, and this Guardian article for more on this story.

  • 3abas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    6 hours ago

    The weekend in Iran is Thursday and Friday. Saturday is the first day of the week, and yes, there are schools for girls… I’m not sure what you’re implying by that bit…

    • ominous ocelot@leminal.spaceEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Thanks.

      The weekend in Iran is Thursday and Friday. Saturday is the first day of the week

      I didn’t know that. Why is that? Something about religious beliefs?

      Found this: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/irans-debate-about-weekends-highlights-tehrans-ideological-constraints

      … parliament ultimately approved the plan to make Friday and Saturday the official weekend on May 15, 2024. Yet the Guardian Council subsequently rejected this decision…

      and yes, there are schools for girls… I’m not sure what you’re implying by that bit…

      It is the information in the article, which I don’t doubt (including workweek). That bit is not part of the message to provoke an emotional reaction during wartime.

      E: I looked for Women’s education and workforce in Iran, because I didn’t know anything about it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women’s_rights_in_Iran

      women comprised just 19% of the paid workforce, with seven percent growth since 1990

      As of 2006, women account for over half of the university students in Iran,[92] and 70% of Iran’s science and engineering students.[95]

      I wouldn’t have thought that the situation is so positive, education-wise. In that regard I was quite uneducated, you are right.