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Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei honored the memory of the martyred teachers of Minab’s Shajareh Tayyiba school, stating that the "candle of awareness" held by these educators has ignited a flame of national awakening and "exposed the darkness."

On Saturday, February 28, 2026, the Shajareh Tayyiba school was reduced to a mound of dust and debris following a joint Israeli-U.S. airstrike. Within seconds, 120 students were killed. Samaneh Kamali, a fourth-grade teacher who lost her nephew in the attack and saw her classroom suffer the highest casualty rate, recounts the tragedy of that day.

Several former U.S. officials have criticized the Pentagon’s silence regarding the deadly attack on a school in Minab, emphasizing that the failure to provide an official explanation for the U.S. role in the strike is "unusual" and contradicts Washington's past procedures. This criticism comes as the U.S. Secretary of Defense admitted to the act during a Congressional hearing.