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The Guardian - UK
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Gordon Brown

Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this

Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble of Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, 28 February 2026.
Rescue workers and residents search through the rubble of Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, Iran, 28 February 2026. Photograph: AP

The killing of a reported 168 people, primarily schoolgirls, in the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab in Iran has shaken to its very core the conscience of the world.

The attack, carried out nearly two weeks ago when classes were under way, reduced the school building to rubble. Parents who had sent their daughters to school discovered minutes later that classrooms had become mass graves.

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