Thinking about the dozens of girls killed and injured in a primary school in Minab in the south of Iran.
On February 28, 2026, a devastating missile strike hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, southern Iran, killing over 150 people, including more than 100 schoolchildren . The UN, UNESCO, and human rights groups strongly condemned the tragedy and are pressing for full investigations UN human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani also recalled the horror of a strike on Saturday which reportedly killed and injured dozens of girls in a primary school in Minab in the south of Iran. “Children, little girls…at the beginning of the school day being killed in this manner, backpacks with bloodstains on them - this is absolutely horrific,” she said. “If there is any image that captures the essence of the destruction, despair and senselessness and cruelty of this conflict, those are the images.” Ms. Shamdasani said that UN rights chief Volker Türk had been “deeply shocked” by the impacts of the hostilities on civilians and civilian infrastructure, and called for a “prompt, impartial a...