Iran Players Honour School Strike Victims Before Nigeria Friendly
Iran national team before match against Nigerian on Friday, March 28, 2026. X/@universalnewsx The Iran men’s national team wore black armbands and posed with school rucksacks as the national anthem played before a match with Nigeria to remember the victims of a strike on a primary school in Iran on the first day of the Middle East war. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569656851-0"); }); The airstrike on the school in the southern Iranian city of Minab on February 28 killed at least 170 people including students and teachers. The attack happened on the day the United States and Israel launched the war with attacks across Iran. Before kick-off in their friendly fixture against Nigeria in the Turkish town of Belek on Friday, the Iran players, including former FC Porto and Inter Milan striker Mehdi Taremi, held pink and purple school bags with ribbons on them. Iran lost the match 2-1. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672569913499-0"); }); READ ALSO: Moses, Adams Score As Nigeria’s Super Eagles Defeat Iran In Friendly Tie Iran’s foreign minister on Friday accused the US of a “calculated, phased assault” on the school. The New York Times has reported that the preliminary findings of a US military investigation indicate that a US Tomahawk cruise missile hit the school due to a targeting mistake. The newspaper said the US military had been bombing an adjacent Iranian base, of which the school building was formerly a part. The target coordinates were set using outdated data, the paper reported. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0"); }); US President Donald Trump intially suggested that Iran itself may have been responsible — despite Iran not having Tomahawk missiles. Iran has qualified for the World Cup finals this summer but has asked for its matches to be moved from the US to Mexico after Trump warned that the players’ “life and safety” would be at risk if they took part. AFP Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-1672587060870-0"); }); Join Our Whatsapp Channel To join: Simply click on the link below & turn on notifications to get the latest updates Subscribe to Our Newsletter In This Article: Iran Nigeria More Stories Moses, Adams Score As Nigeria’s Super Eagles Defeat Iran In Friendly Tie Iran Warns Civilians As Trump Says Talks ‘Going Well’ Iran Bans Sports Teams From Attending Games In ‘Hostile’ Countries /* * * CONFIGURATION VARIABLES: EDIT BEFORE PASTING INTO YOUR WEBPAGE * * / var disqus_shortname = 'channelstelevision'; // Required - Replace example with your forum shortname / * * DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS LINE * * */ (function() { var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true; dsq.src = '//' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js'; (document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(dsq); })(); Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.