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.
There have been widespread rumors that the Islamic regime would perform an attack on their own citizens to discredit the attacks, in case the US or Israel does attack them. This report of 40+ school girls killed in a missile attack fits the agenda of the regime perfectly. It’s telling how quickly foreign journalists were reporting on this, as the regime fully controls what they may or may not do.
Before believing this, independent reports are needed. No, journalists allowed into the country do not count, as they only get to report what the regime allows them to. I bet no independent journalist is allowed to examine the rubble to see what type of missile this may have been.
https://piefed.social/comment/10332190
It’s also not unheard of that Israel targets schools, children, incubators, etc. on purpose and washes the narrative by targeting journalists and lying.
Like, has Germany even started calling it a genocide yet? You say it’s typical Iran. But do you acknowledge, it’s typical Israel that their horrors immediately get denied, put into question, etc.?
Iran is not the US or Europe, and you won’t see much of reality if you only accept it on a silver-platter.
Do actual eye-witnesses count, at least?
I also believe Israel is committing genocide and war crimes against Palestinians, and it is true that Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank have included it attacking civilian targets. As you say, allies of Israel tend to deny this for political reasons. (For completeness, let me also state that I believe that Hamas are just as evil as Israel - but with less power, so Israel is simply able to kill more.)
However, so far, the attacks of the US and Israel against Iran have been very precise and only legitimate military targets and personnel have been hit. Soon into the 12 day war Iranian civilians realized how precise the attacks were and were not afraid of going out. Instead, the attacks have been celebrated.
There’s been leaks from the IRGC that the plan was to attack its own people in the case of a US or Israeli attack. This combined is why I doubt this to be an attack by Israel. Of course eye witness accounts would count, but I do not trust media controlled by the Islamic regime, directly or indirectly.
For that to be true, you’re gonna have to discount all this (more pending):
Honestly, I shouldn’t even be listing these, when they are almost as concisely available in the linked updates.
I do not doubt anything about this attack taking place nor these details about it. It is a horrible attack. Do you have any evidence linking it to Israel, that is not just “Israel is attacking Iran today so this must be the work of Israel too”?
I apologize, and thank you for your patience. I didn’t quite get your point about origin of strike.
It sounds pretty damn dodgy to me. But, yes, there is no verification of the strike’s origins to my knowledge.
Actually there is at least some verifying material:
From the last image of the Factmeh presentation