America News Agency

Foreign Minister Araghchi said that the destroyed building in Hormozgan province was a girls' elementary school in southern Iran, adding: "The school was bombed in broad daylight when it was full of young students. In this region alone, dozens of innocent children were murdered. Crimes committed against the Iranian people will not go unanswered."

Araghchi said that the war waged by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump against Iran was completely provoked, illegal, and illegitimate: "Trump turned 'America first' into 'Israel first'; this always means 'America afterward.' Our armed forces are ready for this day and will give the aggressors the lesson they deserve."