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lapucelle

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7. The reports are from Mizan news agency "the official news outlet of Iran's judiciary"
Sun Mar 1, 2026, 08:59 AM
Yesterday

and the Iran Health Ministry (sound familiar?).

According to your link,

The school building appears to be adjacent to an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps barracks.


and

Restrictions on international reporting in Iran mean the Guardian and other independent media outlets have not been able to access the site in Minab or independently verify the death toll.


A better headline would read

Iran Alleges that Death toll from Iran school bombing reportedly rises to almost 150


Sorry, but before anyone takes the word of the leaders of a extremist right-wing, theocratic, authoritarian regime that routinely kills its citizens for slight infractions of religious "law", the report needs to be verified.

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