An all-girls elementary school in Minab County, southern Iran, was recently destroyed in a US-Israeli airstrike, resulting in at least 165 teachers and students losing their lives. A funeral video circulating online shows a mother grief-stricken, holding her child's photo and textbooks in her left hand, the child's blue backpack in her right, with a small shirt hanging from her chest—a deeply heartrending scene.
In the funeral footage released by Iranian media, the girl’s mother can be seen sobbing and also voicing her accusations.
According to the official Iranian report, the Tayebeh Girls' Elementary School in Minab was directly hit by an airstrike on February 28. Classes were in session at the time, with around 170 schoolgirls present. The explosion caused the main school building to collapse severely, with the concrete roof crashing down into the classrooms.
Rescue operations lasted for several days, with bloodstained textbooks and backpacks scattered amidst the rubble. Due to the large number of casualties, the local hospital morgue could not accommodate all the bodies, and some children's remains had to be temporarily stored in refrigerated trucks. The final death toll was confirmed at 165, most of them girls aged between 7 and 12. At least 95 more people were injured.
On the 3rd, several thousand people gathered in the central square of Minab City to attend a mass funeral for the children. People held up photos showing the innocent smiling faces of the deceased. Small coffins draped with the Iranian flag were passed from trucks over the crowd and taken to the cemetery.
According to analysis by The New York Times, which gathered and reviewed numerous satellite images, on-site videos, and social media data, the elementary school was most likely hit while the US military was bombing an Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval base near the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the official Iranian report, the Tayebeh Girls' Elementary School in Minab was directly hit by an airstrike on February 28. Classes were in session at the time, with around 170 schoolgirls present. The explosion caused the main school building to collapse severely, with the concrete roof crashing down into the classrooms.
Rescue operations lasted for several days, with bloodstained textbooks and backpacks scattered amidst the rubble. Due to the large number of casualties, the local hospital morgue could not accommodate all the bodies, and some children's remains had to be temporarily stored in refrigerated trucks. The final death toll was confirmed at 165, most of them girls aged between 7 and 12. At least 95 more people were injured.
On the 3rd, several thousand people gathered in the central square of Minab City to attend a mass funeral for the children. People held up photos showing the innocent smiling faces of the deceased. Small coffins draped with the Iranian flag were passed from trucks over the crowd and taken to the cemetery.
According to analysis by The New York Times, which gathered and reviewed numerous satellite images, on-site videos, and social media data, the elementary school was most likely hit while the US military was bombing an Iranian Revolutionary Guard naval base near the Strait of Hormuz.