{"id":1459,"date":"2026-03-01T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:21:54","slug":"zeinabs-life-cut-short-as-us-israel-bomb-her-school-killing-100-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/zeinabs-life-cut-short-as-us-israel-bomb-her-school-killing-100-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeinab&#8217;s life cut short as US, Israel bomb her school killing 165 others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Zeinab Mirkhayali was her family\u2019s pride and joy. At nine-years-old she became a Haafizah after she had memorised the Quran.<br>But her life was cut short on Saturday morning when an Israeli-American missile reduced her girls\u2019 school to rubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/airspace-maritime-closures-follow-iranian-response-to-us-israeli-aggression\/\">Airspace, maritime closures follow Iranian response to US\/Israeli aggression<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"DEATH TOLL OF CHILDREN RISES TO 85 AT PRIMARY SCHOOL TAR\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wfIAnW3hLus?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Zeinab, a fourth grader, was among over 180 girls killed at Shajareh Tayyiba girls\u2019 elementary school in Minab, in southern Iran, when it was bombed in the first few hours of the war launched by the U.S. and Israel on Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her father, Seyyed Ibrahim Mirkhayali, a municipal employee from Bandar Abbas, told Drop site:<br>\u201cI was at work when my wife called and told me that the girls\u2019 primary school in Minab had been bombed. I could not process what I was hearing at first. Then I left immediately and drove to the school\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Iranian regime is known to produce fake information for propaganda purposes \u2014 Israeli FM spox on deadly strike on a girls&#39; school<br><br>&#39;Another question, please&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ic3BtYwaDf\">https:\/\/t.co\/ic3BtYwaDf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m91ZSGCFzr\">pic.twitter.com\/m91ZSGCFzr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RT (@RT_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RT_com\/status\/2028070855906107459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When he arrived he found a large crowd of parents standing outside as a search and rescue was under way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some were crying. Others stood in heavy silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe stayed until her body was brought out from under the rubble,\u201d he said. Her body was largely intact. \u201cBut her head was crushed by falling stones from the building. That is what killed her.\u201d<br>Mirkhayali told Drop Site Zeinab had been preparing to compete in a Quran recitation competition in Tehran in two months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had a great dream for my daughter. She was hardworking and outstanding, and she had memorized the book of God. Her participation in the competition was a source of pride for all of us. My dream died with her,\u201d he told Drop Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Meanwhile, The Iranian government said on Sunday that US-Israeli attacks on Iran had killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation\u2019s supreme leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>US President Donald Trump had earlier announced Khamenei\u2019s death hours earlier and called on Iranians to take control of their government. The Iranian state news agency confirmed on Sunday another wave of attacks on the country as the war entered its second day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignleft is-type-wp-embed is-provider-real-news-real-impact wp-block-embed-real-news-real-impact\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZyqOiS8K0C\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/iranian-state-tv-confirms-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed\/\">Trump makes yet another threat after Iranian govt says Khamenei&#8217;s &#8216;death will not go unpunished&#8217;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Trump makes yet another threat after Iranian govt says Khamenei&#8217;s &#8216;death will not go unpunished&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; REAL NEWS,REAL IMPACT\" src=\"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/iranian-state-tv-confirms-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-killed\/embed\/#?secret=CM3yQRpq3A#?secret=ZyqOiS8K0C\" data-secret=\"ZyqOiS8K0C\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps \u2014 a powerful institution that answers to the supreme leader \u2014 vowed to punish US and Israeli aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Iran\u2019s president, the head of the judiciary and a jurist of the Guardian Council will be in charge during the transition period following the death, the Iranian state news agency said on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In retaliation, Iran has fired ballistic missiles at Israel where the authorities reported one death. The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait \u2014 all of which host U.S. military bases \u2014 said they had come under attack, as did Jordan. Falling debris from an Iranian ballistic missile attack killed at least one person in the Emirates, according to its government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The fighting shut down shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Chaos is expected in the oil market as the war progresses and spreads into the entire gulf region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zeinab Mirkhayali was her family\u2019s pride and joy. At nine-years-old she became a Haafizah after she had memorised the Quran.But her life was cut short on Saturday morning when an Israeli-American missile reduced her girls\u2019 school to rubble. 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