The Iranian school struck in the war’s earliest attacks is now a memorial for children
Iranian officials said more than 100 students were killed, and the damaged school is being preserved as a memorial and proposed war museum.
- Hormozgan Gov. Mohammad Ashouri Taziani announced the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab will be transformed into a war museum and memorial following the Feb. 28 strike that killed more than 100 students.
- Strikes hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh school on Feb. 28 during the earliest moments of the United States and Israel war across Iran, leaving the two-story building frozen mid-lesson with desks half buried and ceilings collapsed.
- Visitors walk past rows of photographs showing children before the attack, then black mourning banners bearing their faces. A nearby section of the Minab cemetery holds those killed, though residents report three bodies remain missing.
- Months later, the Trump administration has not accepted responsibility or released Pentagon findings, even as an Associated Press investigation found evidence that at least one United States missile hit the school.
- Attention returned to Minab in the past week when new United States strikes hit a wedding and other areas, sending injured residents to hospitals and deepening the community's ongoing mourning.
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Iranian school struck in war's earliest attacks is now memorial for children
Iranian officials said more than 100 students were killed. Months later, the Trump administration still has not directly accepted responsibility for the strike or released the Pentagon's findings, even as an Associated Press investigation found evidence that at least one US missile hit the school.
Iranian school struck in war's earliest attacks now a memorial for children
The Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, is now a memorial for children and others killed in the Feb. 28 attacks that sparked the war with the United States and Israel. Iranian officials have reported more than 100 student deaths.
Iranian School Remains Frozen at Moment of Strike
This will never be a school again. Its bright blue gate is still painted with the symbols that once welcomed children: a map of Iran, oversized pencils, and portraits of greats in science and literature. But now, the walkway beyond it guides visitors past rows of photographs, the AP reports....
About six months after the massacre of United States fighters, the Iranian authorities are reluctant to rebuild the Al-Tibrah Elementary School in Minab.
An overview of the school hit by an attack on 28 February is seen in the city of Minab, in southern Iran, on Saturday, September 5, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP This will never again be a school. Its bright blue gate still displays the symbols that once welcomed children: the map of Iran, giant pencils and portraits of legends of science and literature. But now, the walkway beyond it guides visitors through rows of photographs. They show children livin…
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The Iranian school struck in the war’s earliest attacks is now a memorial for children
MINAB, Iran (AP) — This will never be a school again.
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