Minab, Iran - May 22, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
1. Various of severely damaged school building, rubbles, photos of people who lost their lives in bombings, decorations
2. Various of families who lost their loved ones gathering together
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi, dubbed in English) Raheleh Chamli Zadeh, mother of deceased children:
"I am the mother of these two boys, Ahmadreza and Javad. One was in the second grade and the other in the fifth grade. I took this photo on their first day of school, here at this same school. This was their classroom, which is now destroyed. When I come here, I remember the days when I used to pick them up and they were playing. But today I come here and there is no trace of them."

FILE: Minab, Iran - February 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
4. Various of people searching in rubbles
5. Man sitting in grief, others at scene
6. People, machinery for search and rescue

Minab, Iran - May 22, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi, dubbed in English) Fateme Shaeri, mother of deceased:
"That day was a very difficult day and a very bitter tragedy. When we arrived, we saw that the hospital, the streets, and the school were all filled with smoke, fire and dust. It was very terrifying."
8. Various of tables, personal items of victims
9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi, dubbed in English) Ali Salari, father and grandfather of deceased:
"I kept looking for my children, I kept searching for them everywhere. I hoped I would bring them out alive, but I couldn't. That day was different."
10. Various of severely damaged school building
11. Various of rubbles, tables, other damaged items in classroom

Even as a possible end to hostilities looms on the horizon, families in the southern Iranian city of Minab are still mourning their children killed by a strike on the first day of U.S.-Israeli attacks on the country on February 28.

The Shajareh Tayyiba school, where the attack occurred, now stands as a damaged and silent reminder of the lives lost. Much of the school remains in ruins, with classrooms where students once studied now empty. Among those killed were students, teachers and school staff, including the school's vice principal.

Outside the damaged classrooms, families returned Friday to remember the children they lost.

"I am the mother of these two boys, Ahmadreza and Javad. One was in the second grade and the other in the fifth grade. I took this photo on their first day of school, here at this same school. This was their classroom, which is now destroyed. When I come here, I remember the days when I used to pick them up and they were playing. But today I come here and there is no trace of them," said Raheleh Chamli Zadeh, a bereaved mother.

Parents recalled the day of the strike as one of chaos and terror, as families rushed toward the school and hospitals searching for their loved ones.

"That day was a very difficult day and a very bitter tragedy. When we arrived, we saw that the hospital, the streets, and the school were all filled with smoke, fire and dust. It was very terrifying," said Fateme Shaeri, another bereaved mother.

Some families said they never found the complete bodies of their loved ones, while others still struggled to speak about what they experienced that day.

"I kept looking for my children, I kept searching for them everywhere. I hoped I would bring them out alive, but I couldn't. That day was different," said Ali Salari, a bereaved father and grandfather.

Months later, the destroyed school remains a painful landmark for families in Minab -- a place where children once studied, and where many parents said their lives changed forever.