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The Take

Who will answer for the Iranian schoolchildren killed in Minab?

The Take

Al Jazeera

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.7748 Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A United States missile strike destroyed a primary school in Minab, Iran. It killed more than 170 people, most of them young children. An Al Jazeera investigation suggests the attack may have been deliberate. As US officials deny responsibility and launch an internal probe, can Americans hold the US accountable? 

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Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Sarí el-Khalili with Spencer Cline, Catherine Nouhan, Tuleen Barakat and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. 

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0:00.0

Al Jazeera Podcasts.

0:07.0

Today, will the Minab school attack be a red line for the U.S. in Iran?

0:16.0

The UN and rights groups have condemned the attack and called for an independent investigation,

0:23.1

meaning the killings in Minab could become a defining test of accountability in the conflict.

0:29.8

The U.S. is investigating, and President Trump has said he's willing to live with whatever the report shows.

0:37.2

We explore what an Al Jazeera investigation reveals

0:40.3

and how calls to hold the U.S. accountable

0:42.7

for the strike on a children's school in Iran are growing from within.

0:48.8

I'm Alika Bilal and this is the take.

1:06.2

It's February 28th, the beginning of the school week in Iran.

1:13.6

In Minab, a city in the south, students gathered at the Shajara Taiba primary school. In late morning, a missile struck.

1:18.6

The roof collapsed, crushing students and teachers.

1:22.6

It was one of the earliest incidents of this war.

1:25.6

It remains perhaps the most devastating.

1:28.9

At school in the southern town of Minab, destroyed on Saturday morning,

1:33.4

their bodies pulled from the rubble, lined up in a morgue for agonized parents to identify.

1:39.5

The attack killed more than 170 people, most of them children.

1:46.0

Mikhail Milduragi was one of them.

1:48.9

He was in third grade.

1:51.0

His mother took his photo before he left for school that day.

1:56.2

He said, brother, let's play.

1:59.5

I'm Iran and you're America. Let's play with guns and tanks.

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