Funeral ceremonies were held in Minab for 165 victims of a US-Israeli strike on a girls' elementary school.
Funeral ceremonies were held on Tuesday for 165 victims of the Shajareh-ye Tayyebeh Girls' Elementary School in Minab, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran. Most of the martyrs are young schoolgirls, along with staff members and parents who were present at the time of the attack.
The school was struck on Saturday, February 28, on the first day of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, when it was packed with pupils during class hours. The strike killed 165 people and left 96 others wounded.
Iranian authorities confirmed that the identities of 66 of the 165 victims remain unconfirmed. Hossein Sadeghi, head of the Information and Public Relations Center at the Ministry of Education, told Tasnim News Agency that 99 victims have been fully identified and their names released, while remaining families will need to submit DNA samples to complete the identification process.
"These crimes will not go unpunished," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on the day of the attack, writing on X that the school "was bombed in broad daylight, when packed with young pupils."
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Graves being dug for the 165 primary school girls killed in Minab on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran
Pattern of strikes on civilian infrastructure
The Minab school was far from an isolated case.
Since the aggression began on February 28, US-Israeli strikes have repeatedly hit civilian infrastructure across Iran. Seven medical facilities, including hospitals and emergency stations, were targeted on Monday alone, resulting in casualties among medical personnel.
Gandhi Hospital in northern Tehran sustained significant damage after a strike hit a nearby area on March 1, destroying its in-vitro fertilisation department and forcing staff to relocate cells and embryos. The Tehran Emergency Services building was also struck on Monday, injuring several emergency workers.
Schools beyond Minab were not spared either. A strike on a school in Abyek killed one student, while two others were killed in a strike in Tehran on the first day of the offensive. In Fars Province, 20 volleyball players were killed when Israeli strikes hit a sports hall in the city of Lamerd.
Densely populated residential neighbourhoods in Sanandaj were struck, and more than 20 civilians were killed in an attack on Niloofar Square in Tehran.
Three Iranian Red Crescent aid workers were also targeted in a US-Israeli airstrike on Monday while conducting a rescue mission. Their condition is currently reported as stable.
At least 555 were martyred in US-Israeli strikes in Iran, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, with strikes having hit more than 130 cities across the country.
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