Iran Guards say targeted US base in UAE over school strike

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday they had targeted a US base in the UAE that they alleged had been used as a launchpad for a strike on a school.

According to Iranian authorities, a strike had hit a girls’ elementary school on Saturday in Minab county in the south of the country, killing more than 150 people, including students.

“Al-Dhafra air base, belonging to American terrorists in the region, was targeted using drones and precision missiles,” the Guards said in a statement broadcast on state TV. –Agencies