Death toll rises to 148 in US-Israeli attack on Iranian school

TEHRAN: The death toll from a joint US-Israeli strike on a girls' elementary school in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan rose to 148, local media reported on Sunday.

The attack also left 95 people wounded, local prosecutor Ebrahim Taheri was quoted as saying by semi-official Tasnim news agency.

He said the majority of the victims of the brutal attack were pupils, with teachers, school staff and students' parents also among the dead, reports Xinhua, quoting the Tasnim news agency.

On Saturday morning, Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on Tehran and several other Iranian cities, including Tabriz, Qom, Isfahan, Kermanshah, and Karaj. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes targeting Israel and US bases across the region.

The attacks on Tehran killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Secretary of the country's Defence Council Ali Shamkhani and Mohammad Pakpour, chief commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Meanwhile, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Saturday night that military strikes on Iran are still underway.