Iran footballers pay tribute to victims of school strike at start of war
Iran's national football team paid tribute to the victims of a school strike at the start of the Middle East war by wearing black armbands and posing with school rucksacks before a match against Nigeria. The team lost the match 2-1, and the gesture was a response to the air strike on a primary school in southern Iran that killed at least 170 people.
Iran's national football team played their first match since the Middle East conflict began, losing 2-1 to Nigeria. The team wore black armbands and posed with school rucksacks to remember the victims of a school strike. The air strike on the school in Minab killed at least 170 people. The attack happened on the day the US and Israel launched the war. Iran's foreign minister accused the US of a calculated assault on the school. A US military investigation found that a Tomahawk cruise missile hit the school due to a targeting mistake.
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