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Funerals for Minab children
Iran held funerals for 32 children killed in a US strike on a school in Minab, Iran on February 28, with ongoing search and excavation operations recovering more victims’ remains.
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Al Jazeera said the attack “killed at least 170 people,” and it reported that Iran held the funerals after the remains were recovered.
Anadolu Ajansı said funeral rites were held for the bodies of 32 girls among 168 killed in an attack on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, on February 28.
Anadolu Ajansı also reported that Mehr News Agency said the funeral came after the girls’ identities were confirmed following DNA tests.
TRT عربي similarly said Mehr News Agency reported funeral ceremonies in Minab after the girls’ identities were established through DNA analyses.
Bodies identified, Makaan missing
Khabaronline quoted Seyed Abdulkarim Hashemi Nakhl Ebrahimi, the representative of Minab and Rudan in the Islamic Consultative Assembly, saying that “There is still no trace of Makaan Nasiri’s body.”
Khabaronline added that it was reported the 68 body parts buried that day belonged to 34 martyrs who had been buried previously, after “various DNA tests and comparative analyses.”
شبکه العالم | West Asian reported that the Chief Justice of Hormozgan Province said that despite several stages of specialized search operations at Minab's Shajarat Tayyibeh School and surrounding areas, “to date no portion of martyr Makaan Nasiri's body has been found.”
ایرنا reported that the ceremony began at Imam Khomeini (Ruhollah) Square and that 68 fragments of the bodies of 34 martyrs were joined to their main bodies in the Minab Martyrs’ Cemetery.
ایرنا also named Ayatollah Mohsen Ebrahimi as the representative of Hormozgan in the Assembly of Experts and said the ceremony included Ahmad Nafisi, Mohammad Radmehr, and members of the Security Council and Administrative Council.
Legal claims and wider war
قناة العالم | West Asian featured Tamimi arguing that targeting a civilian school confirms “the presence of elements of premeditation and planning,” and it said the 1949 Geneva Conventions grant special protection to schools and civilian facilities.
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Tamimi also stressed that legal responsibility extends beyond the party carrying out the attack to states that provided assistance or funding or allowed the use of their military bases, and he cited the principle of joint criminality in international law.
خبرگزاری میزان framed Minab School as “a symbol of the criminal violation of children's rights in modern wars,” and it said missiles on the ninth of Esfand turned the school into ruins.
خبرگزاری میزان reported that on February 28, 2026 (9 Esfand 1404) strikes began at 9:45 a.m. local time and that the attack left “168 casualties and dozens of injuries.”
Democracy Now! reported that forensic analysis found the neighborhood was bombed a second time while families and rescuers were still on the ground, and it included President Donald Trump’s statement that images “may be AI-generated.”
