Maryam Pazark

Maryam Pazark was a ten-year-old girl from Minab, a city in Iran's southern Hormozgan province. Her name, a common one in Iran, is the Persian form of Mary, a figure of reverence in Islam and Christianity.

On the morning of 28 February 2026, Maryam was attending classes at the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school. According to reports from human rights monitors, a guided missile struck the school building. The strike reportedly killed at least 10 people, including children and teachers.

The strike occurred during a period of heightened regional military activity in early 2026. The attack on Minab was part of a series of reported cross-border exchanges involving missiles and drones. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the specific strike on the school.

Iranian state media reported the incident, condemning the attack on a civilian educational facility. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a statement expressing grave concern over the targeting of schools and the killing of children. Local funerals were held in Minab in the days following the attack.

Maryam Pazark is memorialized among the names of child casualties documented by international monitoring groups for the 2026 hostilities. Her death, alongside her classmates, underscored the civilian toll of the conflict, particularly on children in conflict zones.

Maryam Pazark was killed during the Minab School Strike, part of broader regional hostilities (ongoing since February 2026). 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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