As the United States-Israeli war on Iran closes in on two weeks, one specific attack stands out as the bloodiest incident of the conflict so far.On February 28, during the opening hours of the assault on Iran, a missile struck a girls’ school in southern Iran, killing more than 170 people – most of them schoolgirls.Recommended Stories list of 1 itemend of listSince then, Israel and the US have tried to distance themselves from the attack, even as evidence mounts that the US was responsible for the killings. To critics, the bombing of the school has become emblematic of the horrors of the war that the US and Israel have unleashed, and that Iran has responded to by launching thousands of missiles and drones not just at Israel and US facilities across the region, but also at Gulf neighbours who have tried hard to not get sucked into the conflict.So what do we know about the totemic incident that has shaped, for many, the early days of the war?What happened in the Iran school strike?The girls’ school, Shajareh Tayyebeh, was located in the city of Minab, near a base belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).It was hit by a missile on February 28 at approximately 10:45am local time (07:15 GMT), a peak hour for classroom activity. The blast destroyed the two-storey building, causing the roof to collapse on students and teachers inside.At least 170 people, most of them children, were killed. Dozens of others were injured.The school is located in Minab, in Iran’s st …
