Parents of Minab boy killed in US strike visit Hiroshima on US atomic bombing anniversary

As Japan marks the 81st anniversary of the American atomic bombings, Hiroshima has hosted the family of one of the children killed in the US-Israeli aggression on a school in Iran’s Minab.

During their visit to Japan, parents of seven-year-old Makan Nasiri, the only victim of the US attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School in Minab whose body has never been recovered, met the mayor of Hiroshima, Kazumi Matsui, and briefed him on the attack and the consequences of the war on children and civilians.

"I am Makan Nasiri’s mother. My husband and I left our other two children in Minab and traveled all this way to make the voice of our child and those of the children who are victims of war heard by the people of the world," the mother of Nasiri said.

Referring to US President Donald Trump’s claims questioning published images of the site of the attack, Makan’s mother emphasized their authenticity.

"We do not want what happened to be forgotten. If families and world public opinion do not seek accountability for the fate of the children, there is a risk of such tragedies being repeated. I am willing to endure the suffering of traveling anywhere to clarify the truth and bring the voices of Makan and other children to the attention of world public opinion," she said.

Referring to the bitter experience of the people of Hiroshima, she stressed that remembering the victims of the city should be a warning to today's world and a deterrent against the repetition of the suffering of children in new wars.

On August 6, 1945, the US military dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, a second strike hit Nagasaki. The attacks, which killed tens of thousands of people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of armed conflicts.

The account of Makan’s family of the Minab attack drew widespread attention from the Japanese media outlets, including NHK, Asahi, and TBS.

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Makan’s parents were among a delegation comprised of Iranian war victims, artists, documentary filmmakers, university professors, and cultural activists invited by Hiroshima peace groups in coordination with the Tehran Peace Museum to travel to Japan to participate in events marking the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

For his part, Matsui expressed his solidarity with Makan’s family.

He reportedly recounted the fate of two of his aunts in the US atomic bombing of the city and shared part of his family's experience of this attack with the participants in the meeting.

At the end of the meeting, Makan's mother presented the mayor with a copy of the documentary "The Angels of Minab are Still Here," which is narrated by Iranian actor Parviz Parastoi and subtitled in Japanese, and asked him to watch the documentary to learn more about the accounts of the families of the Minab victims.

The Minab attack took place on February 28 during the opening hours of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, when precision-guided Tomahawk missiles struck the school in a triple-tap strike.

The latest round of US-Israeli attacks on Iran began on February 28, prompting Tehran to launch daily missile and drone strikes against US and Israeli military targets before the two sides signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 17.

However, renewed US strikes in recent days have once again triggered Iranian retaliation.

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