Photo of boy waving to his mother before dying in school attack in Iran goes viral

Video shows US missile hitting base next to school in Iran A photo of a boy who died during an attack on a school in Iran went viral on social media in recent days. The image shows Mikaeil Mirdoraghi waving to his mother before heading to class. According to the Iranian press, he died on February 28, on the first day of the war. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp The attack hit a school in Minab, in southern Iran, and killed 175 people. Most of the victims were children, according to The New York Times. The Iranian government blames the bombing on the United States and Israel. In an interview with the newspaper Hamshahri, controlled by Tehran city hall, the boy’s mother stated that her son asked to be photographed before leaving home to go to school. The report was released this Tuesday (10). She also talked about the last hours of her son’s life. “The night before he said, ‘Mom, the food you made tastes like heaven,’” she said. According to her, her son also played war with his brother before going to sleep. “At midnight, he came, put the pillows around him, sat with his brother and said, ‘Come, I am Iran, brother, you are the United States.’” he reported. During the game, according to his mother, the boy celebrated: “Iran won. I was Iran and I won.” Photo of Mikaeil Mirdoraghi went viral on social media Reproduction Mikaeil’s name appears on lists of victims published by the Iranian media, which treats the dead children as “martyrs”. Authorities in the country classify the episode as a war crime. The photo of the boy saying goodbye to his mother began to circulate as a symbol of the attack, being shared by profiles linked to the Iranian government and by users on social media. g1 submitted the image to artificial intelligence detection tools, which indicated a high probability that the photo was authentic. Authorship of the attack People carry coffins at the victims’ funeral after an attack on a school, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Minab, Iran, March 3, 2026 Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/WANA A report published by the New York Times on Monday (9) points out that images released of the attack show a United States missile falling near the school in Minab. The newspaper reported that it had gathered a body of evidence — such as satellite images, reports and other verified videos — that indicate that the school building was hit in a precision attack. According to the Times, the video released by Mehr shows an American missile hitting what would be a medical clinic inside the naval base. Then, columns of dust and smoke appear rising in the area of ​​the elementary school. For the newspaper, this suggests that the school was hit shortly before the naval base. Satellite images indicate that other parts of the military installation were also hit. Among the parties involved in the conflict, only the USA has Tomahawk missiles. Last week, Reuters revealed that a preliminary investigation conducted by the American military found that US forces were probably responsible for the attack that hit the school. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that the case is being investigated. Before, he even said that Iran itself could have been responsible for the attack. VIDEOS: most watched on g1

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