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

Why Action Matters

Remembering is not enough.

If a school can be struck, if children can be killed, if teachers can die trying to protect them, if families can be left searching for names, bodies, answers, and truth, then silence becomes part of the wound.

Remember Minab asks people around the world to do more than mourn.

Read the evidence.
Say the names.
Share the children’s stories.
Contact journalists.
Write to public officials.
Pressure elected representatives.
Ask human-rights organizations to act.
Demand an independent investigation.
Demand accountability.
Demand reparations.
Demand protection for children in every school, in every country, in every war.

This is not a call for hatred.
This is not a call for revenge.
This is not a call against any people or nationality.

It is a call for moral responsibility.

In the spirit of Zainab’s witness after Karbala, Remember Minab believes that truth survives when ordinary people refuse to look away.

Zainab did not have an army.
She had memory.
She had courage.
She had words.
She stood before power and refused to let the victims be erased.

That is what this page asks you to do.

The Core Demands

Remember Minab calls for the following demands to be carried by citizens, journalists, lawyers, educators, healthcare workers, faith leaders, students, human-rights defenders, and elected officials.

1. Release the Full Investigation

The United States government must release the full findings of its investigation into the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab.

Reuters reported that U.S. military investigators believed it was likely that U.S. forces were responsible for the strike, while the investigation had not reached a final public conclusion at the time of reporting. Amnesty International called for a transparent and thorough investigation, with the findings made public. Human Rights Watch called for the attack to be investigated as a possible war crime.

A private investigation is not enough.

Families deserve the truth.
The public deserves the truth.
The children deserve the truth.

The investigation should answer:

Who authorized the strike?

What intelligence was used?

Was outdated targeting data used?

Was the school’s civilian identity known or knowable?

Were all feasible precautions taken to protect children and teachers?

Who reviewed and approved the target?

What corrective actions have been taken?

Why have full findings not been made public?

2. Hold Public Hearings

The U.S. Congress must hold public hearings on the Minab school strike.

Congress has oversight responsibility over the use of military force, military funding, intelligence failures, civilian casualty reporting, and executive war powers. A mass-casualty strike on a school full of children cannot be treated as a classified administrative problem.

It must be examined in public.

Members of Congress should call witnesses from:

The Department of Defense

U.S. Central Command

The intelligence community

Civilian harm mitigation offices

Human-rights organizations

Independent legal experts

Survivors and victim-family representatives, if they consent

The purpose of hearings should not be political theatre.

The purpose should be truth, accountability, prevention, and repair.

3. Identify the Chain of Responsibility

Accountability cannot end with vague language such as “mistakes were made.”

Children did not die because of an abstraction.

They died because systems, decisions, approvals, intelligence processes, legal reviews, target verification procedures, and command structures failed.

The chain of responsibility must be identified.

This includes those who:

Selected the target

Prepared the intelligence

Reviewed the data

Approved the strike

Executed the strike

Failed to update outdated targeting information

Failed to identify the school’s civilian function

Delayed or concealed findings

Minimized or distorted civilian harm

Accountability must be lawful, evidence-based, transparent, and independent.

4. Provide Reparations to Families

The families of the children, teachers, parents, and other civilians killed in Minab must receive reparations.

Reparations are not charity.

They are recognition of harm.

They should include:

Formal public acknowledgment of responsibility where established

Official apology to the families

Financial compensation

Long-term psychological care

Medical care for survivors

Educational support for surviving siblings and affected children

Support for memorialization

Legal assistance for families

Protection of graves, names, and family testimony

A mother who lost her child should not also have to fight alone for recognition.

5. Protect Schools in War

The Minab strike must lead to stronger protections for schools and children in armed conflict.

Governments must review and strengthen:

Target verification procedures

No-strike lists

Civilian harm tracking

Satellite and open-source intelligence review

School and hospital protection protocols

Use of artificial intelligence or automated targeting support

Rules for outdated intelligence

Civilian warning systems

Post-strike investigation requirements

A school must never become an acceptable risk of war.

6. Preserve the Names

The world must not remember Minab only as a number.

The children must be remembered by name.

Every verified name should be preserved with dignity, source documentation, correct spelling, age when available, and family consent where personal details or photographs are used.

A name is a form of resistance against erasure.

Before the world counted the dead, their families called their names.

We must call them too.

What People in the United States Can Do

If you live in the United States, this is not far away from you.

Your government, your tax money, your Congress, your military, your elected officials, and your vote are connected to what is done in your name.

If your vote helped bring this administration to power, your responsibility did not end on election day. Do not turn that responsibility into denial. Do not turn it into silence. Turn it into oversight. Turn it into pressure. Turn it into action.

Democracy does not end with voting.

Democracy begins again when citizens hold power accountable.

1. Contact Your Representative in the House

Find your U.S. Representative and write to them.

Ask them to:

Demand the full release of the Minab school strike investigation

Call for public hearings

Support subpoenaing relevant Defense Department records if findings are not released

Request a full civilian harm assessment

Demand reparations for families

Support restrictions on military funding until civilian harm reports are released

Official link:
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

2. Contact Your Senators

Write to both of your U.S. Senators.

Ask them to:

Press the Pentagon to release the full report

Support hearings in the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Support legislation requiring civilian harm transparency

Support War Powers oversight

Demand accountability for any official who concealed, delayed, or distorted findings

Official Senate contact link:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

U.S. Capitol Switchboard:
202-224-3121

Official Senate switchboard information:
https://www.senate.gov/general/contacting.htm

3. Contact the White House

Send a formal message to the White House.

Ask for:

Immediate publication of the investigation

Acknowledgment of civilian harm

Support for reparations

A public explanation of what went wrong

A commitment that no school will ever again be targeted because of outdated or negligent data

Official White House contact page:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

4. File or Support FOIA Requests

The Freedom of Information Act allows people to request U.S. government records.

Citizens, journalists, researchers, lawyers, and civil society groups can submit FOIA requests asking for records related to the Minab school strike.

Possible FOIA request topics include:

Civilian casualty assessments related to the February 28, 2026 Minab strike

Target verification documents

Civilian harm mitigation reviews

After-action reports

Legal reviews

No-strike list procedures

Communications about Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School

Records referring to outdated targeting data

Records concerning public release of the investigation

FOIA requests must reasonably describe the records being requested.

Official FOIA guidance:
https://www.foia.gov/how-to.html

Department of Defense FOIA information:
https://open.defense.gov/transparency/foia.aspx

Department of Defense Inspector General FOIA page:
https://www.dodig.mil/FOIA/Submit-FOIA/

5. Attend Town Halls and Ask One Clear Question

If your Representative or Senator holds a public town hall, attend and ask a direct question.

You can say:

“Will you publicly demand the full release of the Pentagon investigation into the February 28, 2026 strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, where children and teachers were killed?”

Or:

“Will you support public hearings, civilian harm accountability, and reparations for the families of the children killed in the Minab school strike?”

Record the answer if local rules allow it.

Share the answer.

Do not let officials hide behind vague sympathy.

Ask for a commitment.

6. Contact Members of Relevant Congressional Committees

Even if a member is not your district representative, committee members shape hearings, investigations, subpoenas, and funding conditions.

Contact members of:

House Armed Services Committee

House Foreign Affairs Committee

House Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee

Senate Armed Services Committee

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Senate Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee

Ask them to open or support hearings on the Minab school strike and demand the public release of the investigation.

7. Ask for War Powers Accountability

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. The War Powers Resolution is intended to ensure that decisions involving U.S. armed forces and hostilities are subject to congressional oversight.

Ask your elected officials:

Was Congress properly informed about the operation?

What legal authority was used for the strike?

Did Congress authorize the wider military campaign?

Will Congress limit unauthorized military action?

Will Congress require public civilian harm reporting before approving further military funds?

Official U.S. Code, War Powers Resolution:
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&path=%2Fprelim%40title50%2Fchapter33

What People in the United Kingdom Can Do

If you live in the United Kingdom, you can contact your Member of Parliament and ask them to raise the Minab school strike in Parliament.

Ask your MP to:

Write to the Foreign Secretary

Ask a parliamentary question

Request a government statement

Demand that the United Kingdom call for an independent investigation

Ask whether the UK provided intelligence, logistical support, weapons, bases, or diplomatic cover connected to the wider military campaign

Support international accountability and reparations for victims

Official UK Parliament guide to contacting your MP:
https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

You can also create or sign a petition asking the UK government or Parliament to take action. Government petitions that reach 10,000 signatures receive a government response, and petitions that reach 100,000 signatures are considered for debate in Parliament.

Official UK petition page:
https://www.gov.uk/petition-government

What People in the European Union Can Do

If you are an EU citizen or resident, contact your Member of the European Parliament and ask them to raise the Minab school strike as a matter of civilian protection, international humanitarian law, and accountability.

Ask the European Parliament to:

Call for an independent investigation

Demand public release of relevant findings

Condemn attacks on schools

Support reparations for families

Review any European arms, intelligence, logistical, or diplomatic support connected to the wider military campaign

Raise the issue through EU human-rights mechanisms

European Parliament contact page:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/contact

European Parliament citizen enquiry form:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/forms/en/ask-ep

EU citizens and residents may also submit petitions to the European Parliament on subjects within the European Union’s fields of activity.

European Parliament petition page:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/at-your-service/en/be-heard/petitions

What People in Canada Can Do

If you live in Canada, contact your Member of Parliament.

Ask your MP to:

Raise the Minab school strike in Parliament

Ask the government to support an independent international investigation

Demand accountability for attacks on schools

Review any Canadian arms, intelligence, military, or diplomatic connection to the wider conflict

Support civilian protection and reparations

Official Canadian Parliament page to find MPs:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

Official Canadian Parliament contact page:
https://www.ourcommons.ca/en/contact-us

What People in Australia Can Do

If you live in Australia, contact your Senator or Member of Parliament.

Ask them to:

Raise the Minab school strike in Parliament

Call for an independent investigation

Ask whether Australia provided military, intelligence, diplomatic, or logistical support connected to the conflict

Support stronger protection for schools in war

Support accountability and reparations for families

Official Australian Parliament contact page:
https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Contacting_Senators_and_Members

What Journalists Can Do

Journalists can help prevent the truth from being buried.

If you are a journalist, editor, producer, researcher, or documentary filmmaker, you can:

Investigate the unreleased findings

Interview families, with consent and care

Track the accountability timeline

Compare official statements with leaked or reported findings

Investigate the role of outdated targeting data

Investigate whether AI, automated systems, or database errors played any role

Request documents through FOIA

Ask every relevant official the same question until there is an answer

The question is simple:

Who is responsible for the strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School, and why have the full findings not been released?

What Lawyers and Legal Scholars Can Do

Lawyers and legal scholars can help turn grief into accountability.

They can:

Analyze the strike under international humanitarian law

Assess whether the attack may constitute a war crime

Support victim-family documentation

Prepare legal memoranda

Submit communications to human-rights bodies

Support FOIA litigation where records are withheld

Assist advocacy groups seeking accountability

Help families understand possible legal pathways

Legal work must be careful, evidence-based, and survivor-centered.

The goal is not symbolic outrage.

The goal is accountability that can withstand scrutiny.

What Educators Can Do

Educators can help ensure that Minab is not forgotten.

They can:

Teach about the protection of schools in war

Discuss civilian harm and international humanitarian law

Hold memorial classroom discussions

Invite students to write letters to public officials

Create school-based awareness projects

Connect Minab to broader lessons about children’s rights

Reject the normalization of attacks on education

A school was struck.

Schools around the world should answer by teaching why that must never be acceptable.

What Nurses, Doctors, and Healthcare Workers Can Do

Healthcare workers understand civilian harm not as an abstract number, but as bodies, families, trauma, grief, disability, and long-term suffering.

They can:

Write to medical and nursing associations

Ask professional organizations to issue statements

Document the health consequences of attacks on children

Support trauma-informed care for survivors

Connect Minab to global health ethics

Speak publicly about the long-term harm of attacks on schools

Demand protection of children, schools, hospitals, and healthcare workers in war

Healthcare neutrality and child protection are not political luxuries.

They are moral and professional duties.

What Students Can Do

Students can carry the names forward.

They can:

Organize campus teach-ins

Share verified evidence

Write to university leaders

Ask student unions to pass resolutions

Invite experts to speak about civilian protection

Hold candlelight vigils

Create memorial displays with verified names

Ask representatives to release the investigation

Do not let Minab become a forgotten headline.

Make it a question your campus cannot ignore.

What Faith Communities Can Do

Faith communities can carry moral witness.

Churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, interfaith groups, and community organizations can:

Hold memorial gatherings

Read the names of children publicly

Pray for victims and families

Write collective letters to elected officials

Support humanitarian and legal accountability efforts

Host interfaith discussions on conscience, war, and children

Reject hatred while demanding justice

In the spirit of Zainab’s witness after Karbala, mourning must become truth, and truth must become action.

What Everyone Can Do This Week

Do not wait for someone else.

This week, do five things:

1. Read one evidence-based report.
Start with Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reuters, Sky News, The Guardian, or Al Jazeera.

2. Share one child’s name.
Do not share only numbers. Share a name, an age, and a source.

3. Write to one elected official.
Ask for the investigation to be released and for accountability hearings.

4. Contact one journalist.
Ask them to follow up on the unreleased findings.

5. Invite one person to remember Minab.
Send them the Remember Minab website and ask them not to look away.

Small acts become public pressure when repeated by many people.

Sample Message to a U.S. Representative or Senator

Subject: Please demand release of the Minab school strike investigation

Dear [Representative/Senator Name],

I am writing as your constituent to ask you to demand the full public release of the investigation into the February 28, 2026 strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.

Public reporting and human-rights investigations have described a devastating strike on a school where children and teachers were killed. Reuters reported that U.S. military investigators believed it was likely that U.S. forces were responsible, while Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called for accountability and investigation.

I ask you to support:

Public release of the full investigation

Congressional hearings

A full civilian harm assessment

Identification of the chain of responsibility

Reparations for victims’ families

Stronger safeguards to prevent attacks on schools

Restrictions on future military funding until civilian harm reports are released

This issue is not about partisan politics. It is about whether children killed in a school can be buried beneath silence.

Please tell me what specific steps you will take to ensure truth, accountability, and protection for children in war.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your City and State]

Sample Message to a Journalist

Subject: Please investigate the unreleased findings on the Minab school strike

Dear [Journalist Name],

I am writing to ask you to investigate the February 28, 2026 strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.

Human-rights organizations and major news outlets have reported serious concerns about the strike, civilian casualties, possible U.S. responsibility, and the use of outdated targeting data. Families of children killed in the school still deserve answers.

Possible questions worth investigating include:

Why have full findings not been released?

Who authorized the strike?

What intelligence was used?

Was outdated targeting data involved?

What did officials know about the school’s civilian identity?

What reparations have been offered to families?

What reforms have been made to prevent another school strike?

Please help ensure that the children of Minab are not forgotten.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]

Sample Social Media Post

A school was struck in Minab. Children and teachers were killed. Families are still waiting for truth.

Remembering is not enough.

Demand the full investigation. Demand public hearings. Demand accountability. Demand reparations. Demand protection for every child in every school, in every war.

Remember Minab.
Protect the names.
Preserve the evidence.
Demand the truth.

#RememberMinab #ProtectChildren #SchoolsAreNotTargets #CivilianProtection #Accountability #HumanRights #InternationalHumanitarianLaw

Do Not Do This

Do not spread rumors.

Do not invent names or ages.

Do not publish private family photos without permission.

Do not harass families, journalists, officials, or ordinary citizens.

Do not threaten anyone.

Do not turn grief into hatred against a nationality, religion, or people.

Do not reduce the children to political symbols.

Do not share graphic images without warning or consent.

Do not let anger destroy credibility.

The purpose is not noise.

The purpose is truth.

A Final Call

If you voted for leaders who carried out or enabled this war, do not hide from that fact.

Face it.

A vote is not only a preference. It is power. And when power causes harm, citizens have a duty to demand accountability from those who acted in their name.

Do not say you did not know.

Now you know.

Do not say you cannot act.

You can write.
You can call.
You can ask.
You can organize.
You can vote differently.
You can demand hearings.
You can demand records.
You can demand reparations.
You can refuse silence.

This is how memory becomes action.

This is how ordinary people carry witness.

This is how Zainab’s message lives: not by mourning alone, but by standing before power and saying the truth cannot be buried.

Remembering is not enough.

Act.

References and Action Links

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: Reported likely U.S. responsibility, while noting investigation had not reached a final public conclusion.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/

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, delayed accountability, and public dispute over responsibility.
Link: https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-says-it-may-never-be-known-who-was-fault-strike-girls-school-iran-2026-06-24/

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: Legal accountability, civilian harm, and demand for public findings.
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/

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

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: Victim identification and verification of students and teachers killed.
Link: https://news.sky.com/video/the-victims-of-the-minab-school-bombing-in-iran-13554059

U.S. House of Representatives. “Find Your Representative.”
Use for: Finding and contacting your U.S. Representative.
Link: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

U.S. Senate. “Contacting U.S. Senators.”
Use for: Finding and contacting your U.S. Senators.
Link: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm

U.S. Senate. “Contacting the Senate.”
Use for: Capitol Switchboard information.
Link: https://www.senate.gov/general/contacting.htm

The White House. “Contact Us.”
Use for: Sending a message to the White House.
Link: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

FOIA.gov. “How to Make a FOIA Request.”
Use for: Submitting U.S. Freedom of Information Act requests.
Link: https://www.foia.gov/how-to.html

U.S. Department of Defense. “FOIA.”
Use for: Department of Defense FOIA information.
Link: https://open.defense.gov/transparency/foia.aspx

U.S. Code. “50 U.S. Code Chapter 33 — War Powers Resolution.”
Use for: War powers and congressional oversight context.
Link: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?edition=prelim&path=%2Fprelim%40title50%2Fchapter33

UK Parliament. “Contact Your MP.”
Use for: Contacting a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
Link: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

UK Government and Parliament Petitions. “Petition Parliament and the Government.”
Use for: Creating or signing petitions in the United Kingdom.
Link: https://www.gov.uk/petition-government

European Parliament. “Contact.”
Use for: Contacting the European Parliament.
Link: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/contact

European Parliament. “Petitions.”
Use for: Submitting petitions to the European Parliament.
Link: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/at-your-service/en/be-heard/petitions

House of Commons of Canada. “Find Members of Parliament.”
Use for: Finding Canadian MPs.
Link: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

Parliament of Australia. “Contacting Senators and Members.”
Use for: Contacting Australian senators and members of parliament.
Link: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Contacting_Senators_and_Members