Report: US Missile Strike Impacts School and Residential Area in Iran’s Khomeyn

Khomeyn [Iran]: According to Al Jazeera, a US missile strike has damaged an educational center in the central Iranian city of Khomeyn, citing Mehr News Agency sources.

US Missile Strike Impacts School

The location has been identified as the Dr. Hafez Khomeyni School. According to local reports, the blast caused significant damage to multiple residential properties surrounding the building, although there is still “no immediate report of casualties.”

This current incident in Khomeyn comes in the wake of growing international pressure for an official investigation into a prior US missile attack on a girls’ school in the southern city of Minab. The protests “killed at least 170 people, most of them young students.”

According to Al Jazeera, these assaults on civilian infrastructure come as the confrontation intensifies, with Tehran issuing a defiant reaction to US President Donald Trump’s assurances that hostilities had ended.

Earlier, in a strongly worded statement, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it would be the sole authority to “determine” the termination of military operations against American and Israeli targets.

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The IRGC rejected Washington’s war timeline, claiming that Tehran’s military strategy now determines the region’s future rather than US action. “It is we who will determine the end of the war,” the IRGC asserted. “The equations and future status of the region are now in the hands of our armed forces; American forces will not end the war.”

The IRGC spokeswoman also accused the US president of adopting “cunning and deceit” to manipulate public opinion in the aftermath of “shameful defeats.” The spokesperson said that US assertions of safe passage for vessels were incorrect, alleging that American assets “fled the region more than 1,000 kilometres away” to escape Iranian strikes

The statement especially ridiculed the US Navy, alleging that “cowardly and timid soldiers” increased their distance after missiles were fired at the USS Abraham Lincoln. Tehran also denied claims of a dwindling missile arsenal, claiming that its weapons are now “more powerful than in the early days of the war,” with some warheads weighing more than a tonne.

As the crisis continues to stymie global energy supply, the IRGC has warned that it will not allow “the export of a single litre of oil” from the region to unfriendly countries. This posture directly contradicts Trump’s recent pledges to safeguard maritime trade, as he earlier stated that the conflict would be a “short-term excursion” to “get rid of some evil.”

In order to make it “virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back as a Nation again,” Trump further stated that the US will target “easily destroyable targets.” He described the waterway’s preservation as a “gift from the United States of America to China” and other countries that rely on it.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen to succeed his late father as Iran’s supreme leader just before this escalation, which coincided with oil prices hitting their highest levels since 2022.

Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, reportedly spoke with Trump over the phone on Monday in an attempt to reach a diplomatic settlement. The Kremlin claims that Putin “voiced a few ideas regarding a quick political and diplomatic settlement” following discussions with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and regional leaders.

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that France and its allies are planning a “purely defensive” action to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. With approximately 20% of the world’s crude oil crossing the canal, Macron underlined the importance of protecting global economic interests from continuous volatility.