Marzieh Bashiri-far

Marzieh Bashiri-far was 38 years old at the time of her death on 28 February 2026. She was killed when US missiles struck the Shajareh Tayyebeh (The Good Tree) primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, southern Iran, during the opening hours of the US-Israeli military offensive against Iran.

According to Middle East Eye, which sourced its list from Iran's Gymnastics Federation, a handwritten casualty list, and the Tasnim news agency, Bashiri-far was among the 61 named victims whose deaths could be independently confirmed. The wider strike killed at least 165 people, the majority of them schoolchildren aged between 7 and 12.

The school was struck three times in what investigators and first responders described as a "triple-tap" or sequential strike pattern. The second and third impacts killed survivors and first responders who had moved to a prayer room inside the building. Human Rights Watch and multiple independent media investigations ? including by The New York Times, CBC, NPR, BBC Verify, and Reuters ? concluded that the United States military was most likely responsible for the strikes. Missile debris recovered at the site was identified by eight munitions experts as consistent with a US Tomahawk cruise missile.

The strike occurred adjacent to an IRGC naval facility in Minab. Satellite imagery reviewed by Human Rights Watch confirmed that the school had been walled off from the adjacent military compound since at least 2016 and had a separate civilian entrance. A soccer pitch was visible in the school courtyard from 2017 onwards.

Marzieh Bashiri-far was killed during Minab School Strike, Iran ? 2026 (ongoing since February 2026). The conflict is ongoing. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Elna Abdullah Hussein Nia, Pierre al-Rahi, Hana Dehqani, Fatemeh Salari.

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