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Earlier official reports had indicated 170 students in the school.
The report made no mention of teachers or adults possibly killed and wounded.
Israel says it's unaware of Israeli military strikes in the area,
It is the single deadliest strike of the war that began early Saturday with Israeli and later U.S.
strikes on Iran that killed the country's supreme leader and other top officials.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
Iran's state news agency, IRNA, says 170 students were present in the school when it was hit by what the governor says was, quote, the American Zionist aggression.
The state news agency posted this brief clip from the scene, showing a damaged low-rise building with smoke rising and people standing around as a woman wails.
The primary school is located in Minab, a city in southern Iran that's close to the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil passes.
positions in Gulf Arab states that Iranian missiles have targeted today.
The attacks began this morning with Israel striking Iran first and the U.S.
Iran, a nation of 90 million, has closed schools and universities until further notice.
attacks came on the 10th day of Ramadan, a holy time for Muslims and when much of the region is fasting.
Aya Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai.
The UAE's defense ministry says Iranian ballistic missiles targeted the country, which hosts U.S.