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Iran seeks Japanese help in rebuilding war-damaged oil sector
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The death toll from the US missile strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' school in Minab, southern Iran, has risen to 108, the Minab prosecutor confirmed on February 28, according to Eghtesad Online.
The confirmation by a judicial official represents the first formal legal authority to put a figure on the casualties, upgrading the earlier toll of at least 80 reported by IRNA and verified by IntelliNews and Persian fact-checking service Factnameh.
Dozens more children remained unaccounted for at the time of the earlier reports, suggesting the final toll could rise further.
According to a video released earlier in the day, showing the immediate aftermath of the strike, smoke rises from the burnt-out walls, and debris lies spread across the road. Families can be seen screaming for their children, in what could be potentially classed as a war crime, hitting a primary school.
The school is located adjacent to a Revolutionary Guards barracks in Minab, a city in Hormozgan province in southern Iran, with the US missiles likely hitting the wrong target.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council had ordered all schools and universities closed until further notice earlier in the day, as US and Israeli strikes continued across Tehran, Isfahan, Qom and other cities.
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