00:22The
00:22moment an American missile hit an elementary school in Meenab, Iran, killing more than
00:29170 school children, is now circulating widely across the Internet.
00:35The strike happened on the morning of February 28, during the opening day of the 2026 Iran
00:42War.
00:43A video shared online shows a missile streaking across the clear sky above Meenab.
00:50Seconds later, a massive explosion erupts, sending a towering plume of black smoke into
00:57the air, as buildings and vehicles sit in the foreground.
01:02The strike hit the Shajare Tayebe Girls Elementary School, where young girls between the ages
01:08of seven and twelve were attending classes.
01:11It was around 10.45 in the morning when the first missile slammed into the two-story school
01:18building, ripping through classrooms and collapsing walls.
01:22The school stood roughly 200 meters from the nearby Sayyid al-Shuhada military complex,
01:29a facility linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard naval forces.
01:34However, the school had been converted into a civilian girls' school more than a decade
01:40earlier, and had no military personnel operating inside.
01:44As panic spread across the campus, survivors say the school's principal gathered students
01:50and moved them to the prayer hall, hoping it would be safer, while parents rushed to pick
01:56up their children.
01:57But moments later, another missile struck the same area.
02:01A third strike followed soon after.
02:05Investigators later described the attack as a triple-tap strike, where multiple missiles hit
02:11the same location within minutes.
02:14The blasts devastated the school complex and sent thick smoke rising over nearby neighborhoods.
02:21Rescue teams and local residents rushed to the site, digging through rubble as desperate parents
02:27searched for their children.
02:30Authorities later reported between 168 and 180 people were killed, the majority of them schoolchildren.
02:38Many of the victims were girls aged 7 to 12, along with teachers, staff members, and parents
02:45who had arrived during the chaos.
02:48Nearly 100 others were injured.
02:51Analysts examining the video, satellite imagery, and weapons fragments later suggested the strike
02:57involved a Tomahawk cruise missile, a weapon used by the military of the United States.
03:03Iran blamed the attack on the United States and Israel, while Washington said it was reviewing
03:10reports of civilian casualties and investigating the incident.
03:15The tragedy drew global condemnation.
03:18Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations, along with international rights groups,
03:25called for a full investigation, warning that attacks on schools represent one of the most
03:31serious violations of international humanitarian law.
03:36For the people of Minab, the viral footage now spreading online captures a moment that turned
03:43an ordinary school morning into one of the deadliest civilian tragedies of the war.
03:48ICA.
04:05To be continued...
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