On February 28, 2026, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, a devastating airstrike destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' primary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab. The attack killed at least 150 people, including around 120 schoolgirls and teachers, making it the deadliest single civilian casualty incident of the conflict.Investigations by Forensic Architecture and NPR linked the precision-guided missiles to the U.S. military, suggesting the school was hit due to outdated targeting information intended for an adjacent Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) compound. The bombing sparked global outcry, with UNICEF and UNESCO condemning it as a grave violation of interna