On 28 February, during the first US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran, there was a strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab.
“The impact of dropping a 2,000-plus pound bomb on a primary school full of children mostly seven to 12 years old and their teachers is just unimaginable,” Tess McClure, the Guardian’s editor for rights and freedom, tells Nosheen Iqbal.
“The loss of 130-plus girls and about 30 teachers is just an incredible loss for those families. And I think what comes through as well when you listen to their voices, listen to them describing their children, is this incredible ordinariness of family life up until that moment that just has transformed all of their lives forever.”
Tess describes how 28 February unfolded for two of the families that suffered in the bombing, based on her reporting. She also explains the evidence that points to the United States being responsible for the tragedy.
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