A strike by the United States and Israel on a school in Minab killed 168 children or female students, according to multiple news outlets. Iran said the attack targeted an elementary school for girls on February 28, killing 175 people, including the 168 female students, and wounding 95 others (TASS).

Former President Donald Trump said the strike was a mistake (Hindustan Times). The Trump administration has not directly accepted blame for the strike (South China Morning Post), and the U.S. military possessed evidence almost immediately that the site had been struck (South China Morning Post). No one has accepted blame for the missile strike on the Iranian primary school (South China Morning Post).

Iran's UN mission accused the United States of fostering a "culture of impunity" by failing to accept responsibility for the 1988 downing of Iran Air Flight 655 (Middle East Eye). The U.S. Navy shot down Iran Air Flight 655 on July 3, 1988, killing all 290 civilians on board, including 66 children (Middle East Eye). A senior Iranian diplomat said the United States must be fully held accountable for the Minab school strike that killed 168 civilians, most of them children (Press TV).

Human Rights Watch reported that Iranian authorities have arrested, interrogated, and prosecuted children in violation of legal safeguards; judges have barred families from hiring lawyers of their choice, convicted children on vague charges, and tried them outside youth courts; security forces have detained children without notifying families, sometimes for weeks; and children released from detention have been barred from returning to school or have had their families' social welfare cut off, forcing them to work (HRW.org).