Minab School Martyrs Memorial — Shajare Tayyebe School | Memorial — Shajare Tayyebe School Martyrs

What Happened

The Events of February 28

A 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.

10:45 a.m.

First explosion — a building adjacent to the school is struck

Minutes later

Principal evacuates students to the prayer hall and contacts parents

Second strike

The two-story school building is hit directly — the structure collapses onto the children

Third strike

The prayer hall used as a refuge is struck — all remaining hope of survival is lost

Final toll

156 confirmed martyrs — the deadliest civilian attack of the conflict

Official Figures

The Human Cost

Final figures as confirmed by the Minab Public Prosecutor's Office

🕊️ 156

Total Martyred

Students, teachers, parents, and staff

📚 120

Student Martyrs

73 boys and 47 girls

👩‍🏫 26

Teacher Martyrs

All women educators

👪 7

Parent Martyrs

Arrived to take their children home

🏥 96

Survivors

Many with severe physical and psychological wounds

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Still Missing

Makan Nasiri — unidentified even by DNA

In Memoriam

The Martyrs

Names that shall endure in history

⚠️ Photos and personal information of martyrs are published only with the consent of their families. This section is being completed gradually with family cooperation. To submit a photo or information, please contact us.

Zahra Soleimani Tambanoei

Hamed Paritaghi Nejad

Benyamin Jangjoo

Mohammad Shahsavari

Amir Mohammad Bagheri

Hanane Mehdikhah

Mohammad Abadi Zade

Mohammad Taha Malahi

Setayesh Ali Hosseini

Mohammad Raoofi

Mohammad Jamali Nejadi

Mohammad Shahdoosti Pour

Hannane Zakeri Khah

Hossein Rahsepar

Amir Mohammad Boostani

Mohanna Bahrami Ravangi

Alireza Shahrjoo

Hanie Ahmadi Tifkani

Arina Arab Kish

Sobhan Ahmadi Tifkani

Soheil Chamli Pour

Mohammad Kian Bahrami

Mohammad Sadegh Gholami

Sourena Hossein Pour

Mohammad Taha Jafari

AmirAli Boostani

Araaz Ahmadi Zade

Danial Faghir Doost

Mohammad Hesam Risi

Mohammad Loghmani Abdan

Amin Ahmad Zade

Zahra Ansarifar

Javad Sartak Zade

Mohammad Mehdi Jangiji

Ehsan Saleminia

Amir Hossein Jafari Ravangi

Amir Ghasem Zaei

Ali Arab Kish Cheloei

Ali Akbar Karyani Pak

Zeinab Maki Zade

Reihane Mehdi Khah

Parham Ranjbari

Amir Mohammad Ghasemi

Fateme Derazehi

Mohammad Kariani Pak

Hani Parotaghi Nejad

AliAsghar Zaeri

Saman Karamzade

Sobhan Shahdadi

Atena Ahmadzade

Homayoon Zeinali

Liana Mohammadi

Ali Asghar Foroozanfar

Asra Farahi Zade

Amir Hossein Rasooli

Atena Chameli Nejad

Mahdie & Amin Ahmadzade

Farimah Mafakheri

Salma & Asra Zakeri

Mikaeel Mirdoraghi

Fateme Zahra Karimi

Nazanin Zahra Brhroozi

This section is being completed in collaboration with the families of the martyrs

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Testimonies

Voices of the Survivors

Accounts 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..."

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A Mother in Minab

Account from the day of the attack

"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."

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A Father from Minab

Eyewitness account

"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."

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Asal Habashi

Surviving student

"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."

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Mokhtar Zakeri

Father of martyrs Asra and Salma Zakeri

Media Archive

News & Video

Media coverage of the attack on Shajare Tayyebe School

Feb 28
2026

Final death toll from Minab school attack confirmed at 156

Defapress

Feb 28
2026

Mothers of Minab grieve beside their children's abandoned school bags

Mehr News Agency

Mar 1
2026

UN condemns attack on Shajare Tayyebe school as a war crime

Reuters

Mar
2026

Father of two martyred students recounts the moments of the attack

Mehr News Agency

Mar
2026

Three weeks in rubble — the extraordinary rescue of Negar Hosseini

Iran Wire

Apr
2026

Account of one of five survivors from a class of fifteen

Khabar Online

Apr
2026

Minab, fifty days later — a photo report from the martyrs' graves

Fararu

Apr
2026

Families demand accountability as one-month anniversary is marked

Radio Farda

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Eyewitness Accounts

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Candles of Remembrance

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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