Grief lingers five months after strike killed 120 children at Iran school
Nearly five months after a strike killed 120 children at a school in the Iranian town of Minab, grief remains raw for surviving teachers and families, the BBC reported after visiting the site. A teacher and a mother described the horror of the attack and its lasting toll on the community. The strike remains one of the deadliest single incidents of the war affecting Iran.
Nearly five months after a strike killed 120 children at a school in the Iranian town of Minab, grief remains raw for the community, the BBC reported after visiting the site and speaking with survivors.
A teacher who was at the school that day and a mother who lost a child both described the horror of the attack in painstaking detail, recalling scenes that have left lasting psychological scars on those who survived. Reconstruction of the school building has been slow, according to residents, and many families say they have received little formal support in processing the loss.
The strike remains among the deadliest single incidents recorded since the conflict involving Iran began, and it has drawn renewed attention to the toll the war has taken on civilians, particularly children, months after the immediate fighting that produced the highest casualty counts.
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