{"id":47981,"date":"2026-05-01T11:12:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=47981"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:13:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:13:49","slug":"students-hold-candlelight-vigil-mourn-children-killed-in-us-missile-strike-on-iranian-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/students-hold-candlelight-vigil-mourn-children-killed-in-us-missile-strike-on-iranian-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Students hold candlelight vigil, mourn children killed in US missile strike on Iranian school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/users\/profile\/Casey%20Chang\">Casey Chang | Staff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apr 30, 2026 (DailyCal.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/dailycal.org\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/4\/66\/4665abf3-e940-415d-a891-a665c7e00ba6\/69f2bf85bb722.image.jpg?resize=400%2C258\" alt=\"vigil_Casey Scaduto_staff.jpg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Vigil organizers displayed poster boards on Sproul Plaza featuring poetry and photos of the school and those killed in the strike.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/users\/profile\/Casey%20Scaduto\">Casey Scaduto | Staff<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Campus student groups organized a candlelight vigil with more than 100 attendees on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday evening to honor those killed during the Feb. 28 missile strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. military investigators found the United States were likely responsible for the attack that killed about 168 people, including 110 students.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/e-11190.adzerk.net\/r?e=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&amp;s=WPGlx-GLcyOVpWjO9SAzkVZS0kE\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe difficulty in having a candlelight vigil is that you hope that it will stop,\u201d said ethnic studies lecturer Hatem Bazian. \u201cBut unfortunately, as we\u2019re seeing the development around the world, it doesn\u2019t look like there is any stopping anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vigil organizers displayed poster boards featuring poetry and photos of the school and those killed in the strike. A projector played a video of Josephine Guilbeau, a former U.S. Army counterterrorism officer, in which she alleged the U.S. strike constituted a war crime. Following Guilbeau\u2019s speech, the projector also played home videos of the children who were killed.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/e-11190.adzerk.net\/r?e=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&amp;s=X-Nghfzv3Tl8GZnrH-ixnC4TIho\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of UC Berkeley\u2019s Ahlul Bayt Student Association, who requested anonymity because of fear of retribution, said it took about two weeks to organize the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a graduating senior right now, and seeing these backpacks with red blood on them or these innocent faces, I can\u2019t help but think that I\u2019m so privileged to be able to experience my education at a university,\u201d the member said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maryam Farahmand-Asil, UC Berkeley alumna and assistant professor at Northeastern University, first approached Ahlul Bayt Student Association and other student groups to organize the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farahmand-Asil had been planning the event for more than a month with the intention to raise campus awareness of the missile strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbout 168 students were killed on a strike in just one day, during school time \u2014 they didn&#8217;t know that the war happened,\u201d Farahand-Asil said. \u201cWe want to raise awareness to all the students \u2026 So when they see what\u2019s happened, they just search and they see how they can help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another student group that helped organize the event was the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of SJP, who requested anonymity because of fear of retribution, highlighted Sproul as a \u201cgreat and accessible space\u201d to hold the vigil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fateme D. Montazeri, a scholar at campus\u2019s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, said she connected with the event on a personal level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have long followed violence in the Middle East, but this one reached me differently,\u201d Montazeri said. \u201cWas it because the children of Minab spoke my mother tongue? \u2026 For the first time, I could not maintain the distance between what I knew and what I felt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campus student groups organized a candlelight vigil with more than 100 attendees on Sproul Plaza on Tuesday evening to honor those killed during the Feb. 28 missile strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran. 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