Iran has dropped a political bombshell over the already‑horrific Minab school strike, now alleging that Arab governments were complicit alongside the United States in the attack that killed more than 150 children and teachers in southern Iran.

In a late‑night televised address, Iran’s intelligence minister unveiled what he called “irrefutable evidence” that the missile which obliterated the coastal city’s Al‑Zahra school was guided using targeting data relayed from airbases in at least two Gulf Arab states. He cited intercepted communications, flight‑path logs of coalition surveillance aircraft and satellite images of US jets refuelling over their territory “minutes before impact.”

Without naming specific countries, Tehran accused “certain Arab neighbours who host American warplanes” of acting as “active partners in the slaughter of Iranian children.” Crowds quickly poured into the streets of Tehran, Bandar Abbas and Mashhad, burning US and Gulf flags and demanding the expulsion of ambassadors from the alleged states.

Washington and Arab capitals have issued furious denials, calling Iran’s presentation a “fabricated smear campaign” designed to deflect from claims that the school sat next to an IRGC weapons depot. Western officials insist the strike aimed at a “legitimate military target,” while human‑rights groups on the ground report no visible evidence of a major arms site in the rubble.

At the UN, diplomats now fear the Minab massacre could become the spark for a much wider regional rupture: if Iran’s accusations stick, the war will no longer be framed as Washington vs Tehran, but as a broader Arab‑US front accused of jointly bombing a school—a narrative that could inflame the entire Middle East.