Iranian ambassador in Moscow criticizes 168-day silence over Minab school attack
Kazem Jalali said international organizations and governments had ignored the deaths reported in a missile strike on Minab’s Shajareh Tayyebeh School.
Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, criticized what he called 168 days of international silence over the reported deaths of 168 students and school staff in a missile attack on a school in Minab. IRNA attributed the attack to the United States and Israel, but the supplied report contained no independent verification or response from the parties accused. Jalali also held talks with a Russian think-tank chief and discussed media and bilateral cooperation at a separate meeting.
MOSCOW — Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, has criticized what he described as 168 days of silence by international organizations and governments over the reported killing of 168 students and school staff at a school in Minab.
In a post on X, Jalali said 168 days had passed since what he called a “black Saturday,” adding that the deaths of the students continued to represent an unresolved human tragedy. He accused international bodies and governments of closing their eyes to the incident and questioned how the world could remain silent over what he described as an apparent crime.
According to the Iranian Students News Agency (IRNA), 168 students, teachers and educational staff were killed in a U.S.-Israeli missile attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab on 9 Esfand 1404. The account and the allegations were presented by Iranian officials; no independent verification or response from the parties accused was included in the supplied report.
Jalali also met Dmitry Trenin, chairman of the Russian International Affairs Council, at the Iranian Embassy in Moscow. The two discussed the latest developments related to the Ramadan war and the Strait of Hormuz, the war in Ukraine, and developments in the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Expanding cooperation between Russian and Iranian think tanks was also discussed.
At a separate meeting marking Iran’s Journalists’ Day and commemorating journalist Mahmoud Saremi, Jalali praised Iranian journalists working in Russia. He called their work an important contribution to explaining Iran’s national interests and urged greater attention to economic, academic and tourism opportunities between Iran and Russia.
Jalali also called for closer cooperation with Russian media organizations and warned against what he described as Western media pressure on Tehran and Moscow.