US-Israeli Strikes Kill 201 Iranians Including 153 at Minab Girls School

US and Israeli forces carried out coordinated strikes inside Iran as part of Operation Epic Fury.

“Since the start of 2026, harmful content targeting Muslims across social media platforms has escalated at an alarming pace”

Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH)

The deadliest single strike hit a girls' school in Minab, killing at least 153 children and staff.

Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH)

AP News confirmed the school strike but attributed it to anonymous officials.

The Atlantic Council described the campaign as a major shift to pursuing regime change.

Iran retaliated by declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed.

Iranian missile strikes on Israel killed 11 people.

The Conversation

Iran vowed revenge after US strikes killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The closure of the Strait triggered economic shockwaves.

Trump threatened to continue the bombing with ferocious unyielding resolve.

“In the 19th century, Otto von Bismarck famously observed that politics is “the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best””

The Times of India

A Reuters poll found only 27 percent of Americans approved of the strikes.

Congressional Democrats demanded briefings on the war's legality.

Anti-Muslim hate surged globally concurrent with US-Israeli strikes.

The Center for the Study of Organized Hate documented a 450 percent spike in Islamophobic posts.

USA Today

The war fueled religious and ethnic hostility across five continents.

The Atlantic Council cautioned these dynamics threaten broader instability.