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        "id": 1609698,
        "msgid": "iran-to-turn-girls-school-bombing-victim-into-memorial-monument-1773370326",
        "date": "2026-03-13 08:51:55",
        "title": "Iran to Turn Girls' School Bombing Victim into Memorial Monument",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Iran's Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism announced plans to convert a girls' school in Minab that was bombed during the US-Israel Operation Epic Fury into a \"Martyred Students Memorial Museum\" to preserve the memory of at least 171 students killed in the attack. The announcement comes amid escalating tensions following the February 28 strikes on Iranian targets, which killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, prompting Iran's retaliatory strikes against Israeli territory and US military facilities in the Middle East.",
        "content": "<p>Tehran (ANTARA) \u2014 The Iranian government will convert a girls\u2019 school\nbombed in Minab, southern Iran, into a memorial monument for victims of\nUS-Israeli aggression, stated Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage and\nTourism Ali Darabi on Thursday, 12 March.<\/p>\n<p>The school was targeted on the first day of the joint US-Israeli\nOperation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that at least 171\nfemale students were killed. The United Nations has called for\naccountability for the deadly attack.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times subsequently reported that the school was struck\nby a US Tomahawk missile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe complex will become a \u2018Memorial Museum of Martyred Students\u2019 to\npreserve their memory,\u201d said the minister, as cited by Iran\u2019s government\ninformation portal.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, on 28 February, the United States and Israel launched a\nbrutal assault on targets in Iran, including Tehran, causing significant\ndamage and killing numerous civilians, including Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader\nAyatollah Ali Khamenei.<\/p>\n<p>Iran subsequently retaliated by attacking Israeli territory and US\nmilitary facilities in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and Israel initially claimed the \u201cpreventive\u201d\nstrikes were necessary to counter perceived threats from Iran\u2019s nuclear\nprogramme, but quickly clarified that their objective is to seek a\nchange of government in Iran.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/iran-to-turn-girls-school-bombing-victim-into-memorial-monument-1773370326",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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