Iran29 August, 20262 min read
Abbas Araghchi Says US Attack Killed Students And Teachers In Minab School Massacre
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Araghchi says Minab massacre will not be forgotten and will be pursued. He calls the incident an eternal wound on Iran during the painting exhibit.
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Minab massacre vow
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would neither forget nor forgive the US attack that killed students and teachers in the Minab school massacre, speaking after opening an exhibition on the Minab school in Tehran on Aug. 29, 2026.
Mehr News Agency said the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab killed 168 students and teachers, and that the strike was carried out by the United States at the start of the joint Israeli-American aggression against Iran.
Middle East Eye reported Araghchi told journalists during a visit to the “Minab School” painting exhibition that Iran would “continue to pursue it,” while also saying human rights had “become a political tool in the hands of some Western states.”
Middle East Eye added that in February a double strike on a girls' school in Minab in southern Iran killed 165 people, mostly students aged seven to 12, and that local officials say about 170 girls were at the school during the attack, which Iran attributes to the US and Israel.
Art, rights, and blame
Araghchi framed the Minab school massacre as an enduring national wound, telling journalists after visiting the Mineh Secondary School painting exhibition that “The Mineh scar is an eternal wound on the soul of Iran.”
Jamaran, citing the Government Information Center, said Seyed-Hasan Araqchi wrote on his Instagram page that “a crime that will neither fade with time nor be erased from the memory of this grieving nation.”
Middle East Eye reported Araghchi said Iran’s view of human rights was being distorted, adding that he said human rights have “become a political tool in the hands of some Western states,” “exploiting them for political gain and attaching no real value to the concept.”
Mehr News Agency said Araghchi told journalists after opening the exhibition that “If Westerners want to see, understand and support human rights, they should come here. Human rights is here.”
Numbers and aftermath
The sources tied the Minab school massacre to a missile attack on February 28, with Al-Manar TV Lebanon saying the Shajareh Tayyabeh primary school was targeted in a missile attack on February 28 and that nearly 170 people, including students, teachers and parents, were killed. Mehr News Agency likewise described the Shajareh Tayyebeh school attack in Minab as killing 168 students and teachers, while Middle East Eye reported a February double strike that killed 165 people, mostly students aged seven to 12.
Araghchi urged continued public engagement with the incident through contemporary art, with Al-Manar TV Lebanon saying he described the massacre as an eternal wound on Iran and urged people and contemporary art enthusiasts to visit an exhibition featuring paintings inspired by the incident. Mehr News Agency said Araghchi expressed hope the exhibition could be taken to foreign countries, while also stressing that the incident would never be forgotten or forgiven.