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Schools & Educational Institutions
9 documented incidents
- Feb 28 Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School, Minab: Struck in the first hours of the war by a missile. A 'double-tap' strike killed approximately 170–175 people, mostly schoolgirls and their teachers. Human Rights Watch verified the attack using 14 videos, photographs, and commercial satellite imagery and called for it to be investigated as a war crime. [Human Rights Watch, Mar 7]
- Feb 28 Sports Hall, Lamerd: A strike on this sports facility in southern Iran killed 20 people, including teenage girls during a volleyball session. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Feb 28 Polytechnic University of Tehran (Amirkabir): Campus and surrounding facilities targeted in the opening wave of 'surprise airstrikes.' [Compiled from news agencies]
- Mar 2 Malek Ashtar University Aerospace Complex, Tehran: Targeted as part of a coordinated wave of strikes against military-affiliated research centers. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
- Mar 5 Two schools, Parand (SW Tehran): Tasnim News Agency and local media reported missiles struck two schools in the town of Parand. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
- Mar 9–10 University Street & Higher Education Hubs, Tehran: Intense urban bombing damaged buildings around the main University of Tehran campus. [Compiled from news agencies]
- Mar 24 Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Shahin Shahr: Targeted alongside production sites in Isfahan province, near the submarine R&D center. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
- Mar 25 Shahid Motahari Applied Scientific Education Center, NE Tehran: Targeted in Imam Khomeini Town, northeast Tehran. [Compiled from regional sources]
- Mar 28 Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran: Verified strikes on the Physics Department and advanced research laboratories. U.S. Central Command confirmed the university was among the targets. [Wikipedia – 2026 Iran War]
Summary:The Iranian Ministry of Education reports nearly 600 schools and learning centers damaged or destroyed since the conflict began. UNICEF confirmed that more than 1,100 children were injured or killed by March 12 alone, with hundreds of thousands displaced and millions unable to attend school. The targeting of educational facilities has been condemned by UNESCO and Human Rights Watch as a potential violation of international humanitarian law. [UNICEF, March 12; Al Jazeera tracker]