{"id":858681,"date":"2026-09-24T07:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858681\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T07:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T07:14:09","slug":"iran-war-updates-irans-president-calls-u-s-attacks-cowardly-as-trump-threatens-annihilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/858681\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran War Updates: Iran’s president calls U.S. attacks “cowardly” as Trump threatens annihilation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students in Iran returned to schools and universities Wednesday after months of closures due to the war with the United States, which has seen major attacks including a strike on the first day of the conflict that hit a school, killing about 150 people.<\/p>\n

Parents walked hand-in-hand with their daughters, in mandatory headscarves and uniforms, as they arrived at a girls’ primary school in western Tehran for the first day of the new academic year.<\/p>\n

Classes were canceled after the U.S. and Israel jointly launched strikes on Iran, igniting the war, on Feb. 28. It was in that first wave of strikes that a school in the southern city of Minab was hit, leaving 120 children among the dead. A preliminary U.S. assessment not long after determined that American forces were “likely” responsible<\/a> for the strike, though the school was not deliberately targeted.<\/p>\n

In Minab on Wednesday, Iran’s vice president for science and technology, Hossein Afshin, rang a bell at another primary school to signal the start of the new term. The bell-ringing, normally carried out by Iran’s president, is part of traditional celebrations to welcome Iran’s 16.5 million children back to school.<\/p>\n

A ceremony featuring Masoud Pezeshkian was held two days early this year, before he left for the United Nations General Assembly in New York.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a statement attributed to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei addressed the reopening, saying “the absence of some students, professors, and teachers” would be felt, referring to those killed during the conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“This sorrow will guide our minds toward the true nature of the conflict between good and evil,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

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