Tehran: People in Sri Lanka gathered outside the US embassy in the South Asian nation to honor the memory of the Minab school martyrs who lost their lives due to US aggression. Sacred images of the martyred children from Minab and Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, the martyred leader of the Revolution, were displayed by the people of Sri Lanka in front of the US Embassy in Colombo.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, at least 168 schoolchildren and their teachers were killed on February 28 when a US strike hit Shajareh-Tayyebeh primary school in Iran's southern city of Minab.