Last updated: June 25, 2026
Project: Remember Minab
Purpose: Memory, documentation, truth, justice, accountability, and protection of children in war

What Is Remember Minab?

Remember Minab is a witness archive created to preserve the memory of the children, teachers, families, and lives shattered by the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Hormozgan Province, Iran, on February 28, 2026.

This platform exists so that the tragedy is not reduced to a headline, a number, a temporary news cycle, or a forgotten report.

It gathers:

Names

Stories

Evidence

Public sources

Timelines

Human-rights investigations

Media reports

Official and institutional statements

Victim documentation

Calls for accountability

Demands for protection of children and schools

Remember Minab is built on a simple moral truth:

A school was struck.
Children were killed.
Teachers died.
Families were shattered.
The world must not be allowed to forget.

Why This Project Exists

When children are killed in war, power often tries to control the story.

It speaks in technical language.

It says “targeting error.”

It says “ongoing investigation.”

It says “collateral damage.”

It says “classified findings.”

It says “uncertainty.”

It says “we may never know.”

But families know.

They know the empty chair.
They know the schoolbag that will never be carried again.
They know the voice that will never call from the doorway.
They know the grave, or in some cases, the absence of a grave.
They know the wound that official language cannot cover.

Remember Minab exists because grief must not be left alone.

Grief must become memory.
Memory must become evidence.
Evidence must become truth.
Truth must become accountability.

Not Revenge, but Justice

Remember Minab is not a call for revenge.

It is not a platform for hatred against any people, nationality, religion, or community.

It does not blame ordinary people collectively for the decisions of governments, armies, intelligence systems, or political leaders.

It is a call for truth, memory, justice, accountability, repair, and the protection of children.

Justice begins with truth.

Truth requires documentation.

Documentation requires care.

Care requires dignity toward victims and families.

This archive exists to protect the names of the children and the integrity of the evidence.

Inspired by Zainab’s Witness

Remember Minab is inspired by Zainab bint Ali, the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, daughter of Ali and Fatimah, and sister of Husayn ibn Ali.

After the massacre of Karbala in 680 CE, Husayn was killed, his companions were killed, and the women and children of his family were taken captive. The rulers tried to turn a moral crime into a political victory. They wanted power to define the meaning of the dead.

Zainab refused.

She spoke.

She named the injustice.

She protected the dignity of the victims.

She made sure that Karbala would not be remembered through the language of the oppressor, but through the dignity of those who had been killed.

Zainab did not defeat Yazid by taking his throne.

She defeated him by denying him control over the truth.

That is the moral foundation of Remember Minab.

This project does not claim that every tragedy is identical to Karbala. Karbala is Karbala. Minab is Minab.

But the duty of witness remains.

When children are killed, families are broken, power speaks in the language of war, and the world is asked to move on, someone must refuse.

Remember Minab is that refusal.

Our Mission

The mission of Remember Minab is to preserve the truth of what happened in Minab and to help ensure that the children, teachers, and families affected by the strike are not erased from public memory.

Our mission is to:

Preserve the names of the victims

Document the evidence

Organize reliable public sources

Separate verified facts from reported claims

Track unanswered questions

Support calls for an independent investigation

Demand accountability for every level of responsibility

Demand reparations and long-term support for families

Defend the protection of schools and children in war

Invite people of conscience around the world to refuse silence

Remember Minab exists so that the world cannot say it did not know.

Our Principles

1. Memory With Evidence

Memory must be protected by evidence.

This archive does not rely on rumors, anonymous claims, emotional exaggeration, or unverified material. It uses publicly available reports, human-rights investigations, investigative journalism, official statements, photographs, timelines, and documented names.

Where information remains uncertain, we say so.

Where sources disagree, we note the discrepancy.

Where casualty numbers changed over time, we record that change.

Where spelling varies because of transliteration from Persian into English, we preserve the uncertainty rather than hiding it.

Truth does not become weaker when it admits what is still unknown.

It becomes stronger.

2. Dignity of Victims and Families

The children of Minab were not symbols first.

They were children.

They had names.
They had families.
They had classrooms.
They had schoolbags.
They had unfinished lessons.
They had futures.

This archive treats the victims with dignity. It does not use their suffering as decoration. It does not publish private family materials without care. It does not reduce children to numbers or political slogans.

A name is a responsibility.

A photograph is a responsibility.

A story is a responsibility.

3. No Hatred and No Collective Blame

Remember Minab condemns the strike, the failures that led to it, and any silence, denial, delay, or distortion that followed.

But it does not call for hatred against ordinary people.

It does not target people because of nationality, religion, ethnicity, or identity.

It does not ask for revenge.

It asks for responsibility.

The demand is not against a people.

The demand is against impunity.

4. Accountability at Every Level

Justice requires more than sympathy.

Justice requires accountability for every level of responsibility.

That includes those who:

Selected the target

Prepared the intelligence

Reviewed the data

Approved the strike

Executed the strike

Failed to identify the school’s civilian function

Used or failed to correct outdated targeting data

Delayed the investigation

Withheld findings

Minimized civilian harm

Distorted or buried the truth

A tragedy of this scale cannot end with passive language.

Not “mistakes were made.”

Not “uncertainty remains.”

Not “we may never know.”

The public has the right to know.

The families have the right to know.

The children have the right to be remembered truthfully.

5. Protection of Schools and Children

A school must never become an acceptable risk of war.

Remember Minab exists not only to remember what happened, but to demand that it never happen again.

This means stronger protections for schools, children, teachers, hospitals, shelters, and civilian life in war.

It means better target verification.

It means stronger no-strike lists.

It means public civilian harm reporting.

It means independent investigation.

It means repair for families.

It means refusing to let military language make the death of children sound normal.

What We Document

Remember Minab documents several categories of evidence and memory.

The Strike

We document what happened on February 28, 2026, when Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School was struck during the school day.

This includes:

Timelines

Location information

Visual investigations

Satellite imagery references

Video verification reports

Human-rights findings

Statements by governments and institutions

Questions about responsibility

Questions about targeting data

Questions about delayed investigation findings

The Children

We document publicly available names, ages, stories, and source notes for children killed in the strike.

This work is incomplete because the public record remains incomplete.

Sky News reported that its data and forensics team verified the faces and identities of all 120 students killed, aged 6 to 13, and 26 teachers, but a complete text-accessible list of all student names has not been publicly available in the sources reviewed for this archive.

Remember Minab therefore publishes only names that can be traced to accessible sources and continues to ask for verified corrections and additions.

Makan Nasiri

Makan Nasiri’s story holds a special place in this archive.

Al Jazeera reported that Makan was a seven-year-old first-grade student and the only child whose remains had not been found after weeks of searching. Later Persian-language reports quoting Hormozgan judicial authorities stated that after more than 100 DNA samples, no trace of his body had been identified and only a torn schoolbag and one shoe were reportedly recovered.

Makan’s story represents one of the deepest forms of grief:

A child killed in a school.

A family left without a body.

A mother left without a grave.

A world that must not be left without memory.

Evidence and Sources

Remember Minab organizes sources so that readers can examine the record themselves.

The archive includes sources from:

Reuters

Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch

The Guardian

Sky News

Al Jazeera

AOAV / Action on Armed Violence

Le Monde

Persian-language judicially attributed reports

Historical and educational sources on Zainab’s witness

We do not treat all sources equally.

We identify what each source is used for.

We separate legal analysis from media reporting.

We separate reported claims from confirmed facts.

We separate memory from evidence while allowing both to serve justice.

Demands

Remember Minab calls for:

Release of the full investigation

Independent public inquiry

Identification of the chain of responsibility

Public hearings

Legal assessment under international humanitarian law

Reparations for families

Long-term medical and psychological support

Protection of affected children and survivors

Preservation of victim names and stories

Reform of targeting systems and outdated data procedures

Stronger protection of schools in war

Guarantees of non-repetition

These are not political demands.

They are human demands.

What We Refuse

Remember Minab refuses revenge.

Remember Minab refuses hatred.

Remember Minab refuses collective blame.

Remember Minab refuses rumors.

Remember Minab refuses careless exaggeration.

Remember Minab refuses the use of children’s suffering as propaganda.

Remember Minab refuses silence.

Remember Minab refuses denial.

Remember Minab refuses delay.

Remember Minab refuses the burial of truth under classified language.

Remember Minab refuses the idea that the death of children in a school can become normal.

Who This Project Is For

Remember Minab is for the families who deserve memory and truth.

It is for the children whose names must not disappear.

It is for teachers who believe schools must remain places of safety.

It is for journalists who refuse to let the story die.

It is for lawyers who believe civilian harm requires accountability.

It is for nurses, doctors, and psychologists who understand that trauma does not end when the bombing stops.

It is for students who understand that a school attack anywhere is an attack on the meaning of education everywhere.

It is for citizens in democratic countries whose governments act in their name.

It is for everyone who is still human.

It is for everyone who is still free inside.

It is for everyone who hears the names of children and refuses to look away.

Why the World Must Remember

The world often remembers the powerful.

It remembers presidents.

It remembers generals.

It remembers missiles.

It remembers strategies.

It remembers victories and defeats.

Remember Minab exists to remember the children.

Because if the children disappear from the story, then power has already won.

If their names vanish, then the second death begins.

If the world moves on before the truth is known, then silence becomes part of the wound.

We remember Minab so the world cannot say it did not know.

A Call to Witness

Remember Minab is a call to witness.

To witness is to remember.

To remember is to resist erasure.

To resist erasure is to demand truth.

To demand truth is to begin justice.

This project asks readers not only to mourn, but to act.

Read the evidence.

Share the names.

Contact journalists.

Write to public officials.

Demand the full investigation.

Demand accountability.

Demand reparations.

Demand protection for schools.

Carry the witness forward.

Closing Statement

Remember Minab is a witness archive.

It was created to preserve the memory of the children, teachers, families, and lives shattered by the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab.

It exists so that the tragedy is not reduced to a headline, a number, or a forgotten report.

It gathers stories, names, evidence, public sources, timelines, and calls for accountability with care, dignity, and respect for the victims and their families.

It is not a call for revenge.

It is not a platform for hatred.

It is a call for truth.

It is a call for memory.

It is a call for justice.

It is a call for the protection of every child, in every school, in every country, in every war.

Inspired by Zainab’s witness after Karbala, Remember Minab believes that when power tries to control the story, memory becomes a moral duty.

We remember Minab so the world cannot say it did not know.

Remember the children.
Preserve the evidence.
Demand the truth.
Carry the witness.

References and Source Links

1. Amnesty International. “USA/Iran: Those responsible for deadly and unlawful U.S. strike on school that killed over 100 children must be held accountable.” Published March 16, 2026.
Use for: Human-rights investigation, legal accountability, civilian harm analysis, and the conclusion that those responsible for the deadly and unlawful strike must be held accountable.
Link: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/03/usa-iran-those-responsible-for-deadly-and-unlawful-us-strike-on-school-that-killed-over-100-children-must-be-held-accountable/

2. Human Rights Watch. “US/Israel: Investigate Iran School Attack as a War Crime.” Published March 7, 2026.
Use for: Legal framing under international humanitarian law, civilian protection standards, and the call to investigate the attack as a possible war crime.
Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/07/us/israel-investigate-iran-school-attack-as-a-war-crime

3. Human Rights Watch. “Iran: U.S. School Attack Findings Show Need for Reform, Accountability.” Published March 12, 2026.
Use for: Reform and accountability demands related to reported U.S. responsibility and outdated targeting data.
Link: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/12/iran-us-school-attack-findings-show-need-reform-accountability

4. Reuters. “U.S. investigation points to likely U.S. responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say.” Published March 6, 2026; updated March 10, 2026.
Use for: Reporting that U.S. military investigators believed it was likely U.S. forces were responsible, while noting that the investigation had not reached a final public conclusion at the time.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/

5. Reuters. “U.S. may have struck Iranian girls’ school after using outdated targeting data.” Published March 11, 2026.
Use for: Reporting on outdated targeting data as a possible contributing factor.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-may-have-struck-iranian-girls-school-after-using-outdated-targeting-data-2026-03-11/

6. Reuters. “Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence.” Published March 12, 2026.
Use for: Evidence that the school had public signs of civilian educational use before the strike.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/investigations/bombed-iranian-girls-school-had-vivid-website-yearslong-online-presence-2026-03-12/

7. Reuters. “UN rights chief urges U.S. to conclude probe into deadly Iran school strike.” Published March 27, 2026.
Use for: U.N. demand that Washington conclude and publish the investigation.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/un-rights-chief-urges-us-conclude-probe-into-deadly-iran-school-strike-2026-03-27/

8. Reuters. “Trump says it may never be known who was at fault for strike on girls’ school in Iran.” Published June 24, 2026.
Use for: Ongoing uncertainty, public dispute, and the risk that accountability may be delayed or denied.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-it-may-never-be-known-who-was-fault-strike-girls-school-iran-2026-06-24/

9. The Guardian. “Four months after the horrific Iran school bombing, fears grow that Trump and Hegseth will bury the truth.” Published June 21, 2026.
Use for: Concerns about delayed or buried investigation findings.
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/21/iran-school-bombing-minab-fears-trump-hegseth-bury-truth-investigation-findings

10. The Guardian. “‘Her head was broken’: parents at Iranian school bombed by U.S. describe their worst day.” Published March 28, 2026.
Use for: Family testimony, names, ages, and the human consequences of the strike.
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/28/parents-victims-iran-minab-shajareh-tayyebeh-school-bombing-describe-day

11. Sky News. “‘All I have left is a burnt bag’: The students and teachers killed in U.S. strike on Iranian school identified.” Published June 15, 2026.
Use for: Verification of students and teachers killed in the strike.
Link: https://news.sky.com/video/the-victims-of-the-minab-school-bombing-in-iran-13554059

12. Al Jazeera. “Makan Nasiri, the only child still missing from the school bombed in Iran.” Published April 23, 2026.
Use for: Detailed reporting on Makan Nasiri and the absence of recoverable remains after weeks of searching.
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/23/makan-nasiri-the-only-child-from-the-school-bombed-in-irans-minab

13. AOAV. “The smallest casualties: the war in the Middle-East is killing children at an alarming rate.” Published March 30, 2026.
Use for: Publicly accessible list of reportedly known child victims, including names and ages.
Link: https://aoav.org.uk/2026/the-smallest-casualties-the-war-in-the-middle-east-is-killing-children-at-an-alarming-rate/

14. Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Battle of Karbala.” Last updated June 16, 2026.
Use for: Historical background on the Battle of Karbala, Husayn ibn Ali, Yazid I, and the massacre at Karbala in 680 CE.
Link: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Karbala

15. Encyclopedia.com / Gale. “Zaynab bint ʿAli.”
Use for: Biographical background on Zainab bint Ali as the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, daughter of Ali and Fatimah, and her role after Karbala.
Link: https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/zaynab-bint-ali

16. Al-Islam.org. “Chapter 32: Sermon of Lady Zaynab in the court of Yazid.”
Use for: Traditional account and text-based discussion of Zainab’s sermon in Yazid’s court.
Link: https://al-islam.org/probe-history-ashura-ibrahim-ayati/chapter-32-sermon-lady-zaynab-court-yazid