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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.
The UAE's defense ministry says Iranian ballistic missiles targeted the country, which hosts U.S.
The UAE said an Asian migrant worker was killed from fallen debris when air defenses intercepted the missiles.
Iran's state broadcaster, quoting the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, says the attack was aimed at the al-Dafra airbase in Abu Dhabi that hosts U.S.
The state broadcaster says Iran has also launched missiles at U.S.
targets in Qatar, where the U.S.