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That includes dozens of schoolgirls in the coastal city of Minab, who were killed in an apparent bombing of their school, which was near a Revolutionary Guard naval base.
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Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
The Iranian Red Crescent Society previously put the death toll at 787, including dozens of schoolgirls and staff at a primary school.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Iranian health officials and state media say as many as 175 people were killed, most of them schoolgirls between the ages of 7 and 12 years old.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
The al-Roj camp also houses Shamima Begum, the London schoolgirl who ran away at the age of 15 to join ISIS in 2015 and was subsequently stripped of her British citizenship.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
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Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
The Iranian Red Crescent Society previously put the death toll at 787, including dozens of schoolgirls and staff at a primary school.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 Mar. 2026
Iranian health officials and state media say as many as 175 people were killed, most of them schoolgirls between the ages of 7 and 12 years old.
—CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
The al-Roj camp also houses Shamima Begum, the London schoolgirl who ran away at the age of 15 to join ISIS in 2015 and was subsequently stripped of her British citizenship.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Schoolgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolgirl. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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schoolgirl
noun
school·girl
-ˌgər(-ə)l 
: a girl attending school
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