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Today in Focus

The families torn apart by the Minab school bombing

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Tess McClure reports on the US bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Iran, and the families who lost loved ones in the attack. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:08.8

Today, what really happened in the bombing of a primary school in Iran.

0:20.8

A warning before we start, this episode does have discussion on losing children killed in war.

0:29.0

It's February 27th, a Friday afternoon in Ramadan.

0:33.5

Families are getting ready for ifthar, like they do all month, to break the fast together.

0:39.0

Fridays are extra special.

0:42.0

In the small city of Minab, in the south of Iran, more than a thousand miles away from the capital,

0:48.2

two households settle into the rhythm and chaos of life with small children.

0:53.4

Zara's eight years old.

0:55.5

She loves art.

0:57.6

She loves to paint.

0:58.9

She loves cutting and pasting.

1:01.7

And her parents say that when they can smell glue in the house,

1:07.8

that's when they know that Zara's been up to something.

1:12.6

Zara's mom and dad, Hussein and Maltzay, they dote on their little girl.

1:17.8

She's got a toothy grin, pinch me cheeks, and big dreams.

1:22.1

She did want to be a doctor when she was little, when she was a preschooler.

1:27.1

And now since she's settled in at primary school, she loves her teacher.

1:31.7

She's decided she wants to be a teacher.

1:34.8

Over in the other household, Zara schoolmates are keeping their parents busy.

1:40.3

Suban is 10 years old and Hia is seven, his little sister.

1:47.4

They both love to play, they love ball games, soccer, rough and tumble, jumping on their

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