Minab School Strike Killed 156, Including 120 Children, as War Recast Iran 5 Months On
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 8
Minab School Strike Killed 156, Including 120 Children, as War Recast Iran 5 Months On
3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 8
Summary
Five months after the strike, excavators are still clearing Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab and searching for one boy still believed buried under the rubble.
A US-made Tomahawk missile hit the school on the first day of the US-Israeli war, killing 156 people, including 120 children, during strikes on an adjacent military compound; the Pentagon has given no explanation.
Minab has become a symbol of civilian suffering, with portraits of dead children across the city and families still visiting graves of victims such as nine-year-old Setayesh.
The attack also shifted sentiment beyond Minab: some Iranians who had hoped outside pressure might weaken the government said the school bombing became a turning point against the war.
From disrupted shipping around Bandar Abbas to mass pro-state mourning in Tehran, the report depicts a country reshaped by war, repression and a still-unsettled fight over its political legacy.