Feb 28
2026
2026
Final death toll from Minab school attack confirmed at 156
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February 28, 2026 · 9 Esfand 1404
Remembering the students, teachers and parents who were taken on a school day — their names shall never be forgotten
Donate minab memorialA detailed account of the attack on Shajare Tayyebe Elementary School
On the morning of Saturday, February 28, 2026, the children of Shajare Tayyebe Elementary School in Minab were seated at their desks as on any normal school day. At approximately 10:45 a.m., the first explosion struck a building adjacent to the school.
The school principal immediately moved students to the prayer hall and called parents to come collect their children. Minutes later, a second strike hit the school building directly, collapsing its two-story structure onto the children inside. A third strike then destroyed any remaining hope of rescue.
A father who was racing toward the school to retrieve his daughter witnessed the second explosion as he arrived. His daughter had survived the first strike — but perished in the second.
Of the 264 students present that day, only 96 survived. One student, Makan Nasiri, could not be identified even by DNA testing and remains missing to this day.
Final figures as confirmed by the Minab Public Prosecutor's Office
Names that shall endure in history
This section is being completed in collaboration with the families of the martyrs
View Full List of MartyrsAccounts from witnesses, survivors and bereaved families
"A man came forward and told me all the children were dead under the rubble. My legs went numb and I collapsed. Alone in an unfamiliar city — not a single person to take my hand and help me up..."
"After the school called about the first strike — which my daughter had survived — I was on my way to pick her up when the second strike hit. She was killed."
"I miss my friends so much — Setayesh, Khadijeh, Motahhareh, Mohna and Maryam. All of them were martyred. Setayesh and Khadijeh were my closest friends. Good friends. I didn't know what had happened to them until I came home from the hospital."
"We never imagined this could reach our city, that the school where our children studied would become a target. Just one minute after the teacher called families to come collect their children — the explosion happened."
Media coverage of the attack on Shajare Tayyebe School
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Their names are carved into the stone of history.
"Children who, on a day of learning,
taught the world the greatest lesson of all."
May their souls rest in peace — may their memory never fade
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