'What was their crime?': BBC visits Iran school where strike killed 120 children
Nearly five months on, grief is still raw as a teacher and a mother recall the horror of the attack in Minab.
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"You can't call it a school, just walls that smell of death, grief and the blood that was shed here."
— Amaineh Nademi , Other
"I couldn't even see the pupils I was holding in my arms. We couldn't breathe."
— Amaineh Nademi , Other
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Nearly five months on, grief is still raw as a teacher and a mother recall the horror of the attack in Minab.
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