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Iran to Turn Bombed Minab Girls’ School Into Museum Honoring Victims

Responsibility remains under investigation despite preliminary findings pointing to the United States.

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TOPSHOT - In this aerial handout picture released by the Iranian Press Center, mourners dig graves during the funeral for children killed in a reported strike on a primary school in Iran's Hormozgan province in Minab on March 3, 2026. Iranian media have reported hundreds of Iranian casualties, including at a girl's school, although AFP reporters have not been able to verify tolls independently. The war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran spread across the Middle East, threatening to plunge the global economy into chaos, with Lebanon and Gulf energy exporters dragged into the conflict. (Photo by Iranian Press Center / AFP via Getty Images) / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / IRANIAN PRESS CENTER" - HANDOUT - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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Overview

  • Tehran announced the school will be preserved as a museum to document the strike and said a new campus will be built elsewhere in memory of those killed.
  • South China Morning Post reported at least 168 pupils aged seven to 12, 26 teachers and four parents were killed in the February 28 attack in Minab.
  • The New York Times and CNN reported preliminary findings indicating likely U.S. responsibility, and a Pentagon review has been described as reaching similar initial conclusions, though no public confirmation has been issued.
  • Coverage cites a reported targeting of a nearby Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facility and a hypothesis that outdated location data contributed to the school being hit.
  • Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the strike, and TASS reported claims that fragments at the site bore U.S. ammunition markings.