Iranian children back to school after war closures
Iranian children returned to school after war closures, with families arriving for the new term months after a deadly school strike
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The closures kept Iran's 16.5 million schoolchildren out of classrooms for months before Wednesday's reopening.
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Children in Iran returned to class on Wednesday after months of closures caused by the Middle East war.
Parents walked hand-in-hand with their daughters, in mandatory headscarves and uniforms, as they arrived at a girls' primary school in western Tehran for the first day of the new academic year.
Why were Iranian schools closed?
Classes were suspended after the war began on February 28, when major attacks included a strike on a school in the southern city of Minab that killed 150 people, among them 120 children.
The closures kept Iran's 16.5 million schoolchildren out of classrooms for months before Wednesday's reopening.
How did Iran mark the return to school?
In Minab, Iran's vice president for science and technology, Hossein Afshin, rang a bell at one primary school to signal the start of the new term.
The bell-ringing, normally carried out by Iran's president, is part of the traditional celebrations marking the return of Iran's 16.5 million children to school each year. A ceremony featuring President Masoud Pezeshkian was held two days early this year, before he left for the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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