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"Demonstrators gathered outside the US Embassy in London on Saturday for a vigil honouring Iranian children killed in a strike on a Minab school amid the ongoing war in Iran. Footage shows demonstrators laying flowers overtop schoolbags with pictures of the slain children. The crowd waved Iranian flags and held up signs reading, 'stop killing children' and 'empty words don't open straits.' Demonstrators accuse the United States and Israel of conducting the deadly strike, describing the attack as a move "to show it was going to be a war of terror." "I think the massacre itself is symbolic and outlines the intentions of the US and Zionist entity. To start a war by bombing a school shows their true intentions," one demonstrator said. Author and activist Hamja Ahsan said the incident should be formally recognised in public discourse, comparing it to other commemorated tragedies in British history, including Bloody Sunday and the Hillsborough disaster. "We should add things like the Minab School Massacre to one of the things we commemorate again and again, because there's full state complicity." Ashan said. "This is a war of choice. Like, for Iran, it is existential. The health infrastructure, their state, their sovereignty is at stake. And we just need a world which respects Global South sovereignty," he added. Another activist said the vigil is a demonstration renouncing what she described as 'racist white supremacy mentality.' "I do believe that they have brought us closer to a Third World War - if it hasn't already started. What is happening with Iran is actually very, very scary," she continued. Around 170 people were reported killed including children in the airstrike on the Minab girls' school at the start of the ongoing war with the US and Israel. The US claims the official investigating is still ongoing, although preliminary reports in the US press suggested the Americans were to blame, citing outdated targeting data for an intended strike on a nearby base. Amnesty International called for those behind what it described as a 'deadly and unlawful' airstrike to be held accountable. Tensions have escalated across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran on February 28, amid diplomatic talks aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear and missile programmes. Tehran responded with retaliatory strikes on Israeli and US assets in the region, with reports of explosions in several Gulf countries. Iran later confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with his son Mojtaba Khamenei named as his successor."
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