The “1+168” campaign, launched with the aim of seeking justice for the innocent children of Minab and bringing their voices to public attention, began on Thursday, Ordibehesht 31, with the participation of a number of domestic and international media outlets.
At the press conference for the campaign, Zahra Haj‑Hosseini, one of the teachers who survived the March 9 attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, recounted her experience of the dozens of moments on that day.
Haj‑Hosseini said: “After the first explosion, I quickly rushed to the classroom and called all the parents, asking them to come and pick up their children. At 11:20 a.m., a deafening sound echoed through the school. With effort I managed to open the classroom door, and about five seconds later I heard the second and third explosions, sounds that were becoming closer and more terrifying by the moment.”
She continued: “With great difficulty I managed to get up, and with my own eyes I saw the second floor of the school collapse onto the first.”
The surviving teacher raised a critical question, adding: “How did the United States fail to see the school’s paintings? Don’t they say the U.S. has the most advanced surveillance equipment?”
She concluded by emphasizing: “Now my responsibility goes beyond being just a teacher at a school in Minab; I must make the world hear the voice of these children’s suffering.”
Crimes Against Children Used as Tools in International Politics
Still, Ali Nikoo, Secretary of the campaign, reacting to the recent events in Minab, stated: “What is happening today to innocent children is part of a pattern of organized crimes by global arrogance, which deliberately targets civilians and children and uses such tragedies as tools in the arena of international politics.”
What Would Happen If a School Was Hit Instead in U.S.?
Nicholas O’Keefe, former U.S. Marine and anti-war media activist also strongly condemned the U.S. attack on the school in Minab and apologized the Iranian nation on behalf of his people in America.
Also, O’Keefe raised a question and that what would happen if Iran hit a school in the U.S.
On February 28, at the beginning of an attack on Iranian territory, U.S. fighter jets targeted the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, Bandar Abbas, with Tomahawk missiles, killing 168 school children along with their teachers. The U.S. Secretary of War and the commander of CENTCOM have so far offered no explanation for the incident and have repeatedly evaded questions from representatives during hearing sessions.
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