Amaineh Nademi walks carefully through what is left of her old school. The 33-year-old teacher taught first-grade girls at Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab, southern Iran. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.
On 28 February, during the opening hours of the US-Israeli war with Iran, a strike on the school killed 156 people, including 120 children, a pregnant woman and her unborn child, according to the Minab prosecutor's office. Experts say evidence indicates US forces hit the school, though the US has not admitted responsibility.
Amaineh recalls: "I was in the corridor, heard an explosion, and rushed back for the children. Just as I went to leave, a missile struck the school. Something hit my head and my students' heads - we were all sent flying. Thick black smoke filled the classroom; I couldn't even see the pupils I was holding." She heard another explosion, screaming, and the school collapsing.
Rescue workers arrived within minutes. Reza Besharati of the Iranian Red Crescent Society was among the first. He says roads were jammed with desperate families. In the wreckage, he recognized relatives.
Amaineh lists the names of those killed: Adrina from her first-grade class (killed on the stairs with her mother), Fatemeh in second grade, sixth-grade students, the headteacher, deputy head, PE teacher, and Quran teacher.