Iranian pupils return to classrooms after war-related closures
Children in Iran returned to school on Wednesday after months of closures linked to the Middle East war. Channels Television reports that classes were cancelled after a February 28 attack on a school in Minab, while ceremonies in Tehran and Minab marked the start of the new academic year.
Children across Iran returned to school on Wednesday after months of closures linked to the Middle East war, Channels Television reports. Classes had been cancelled after the war began on February 28. The report says a school in the southern city of Minab was struck, with 120 children among those killed.
It also refers to a major attack that killed 150 people, although the supplied material does not provide further details about that incident. In western Tehran, parents accompanied girls wearing mandatory headscarves and school uniforms as they arrived for the first day of the new academic year. Iran has 16.5 million children, according to the report.
In Minab, Vice President for Science and Technology Hossein Afshin rang a bell at a primary school to mark the start of the new term. The ceremony traditionally involves Iran’s president, but a separate event featuring President Masoud Pezeshkian was held two days earlier. Pezeshkian was due to leave for the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the report said.
It did not provide details about the reopening of individual schools or security arrangements.
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