from Minab to Corinto; Sympathy with Iranians from a distance of 14 thousand kilometers

Naming a street after Minab's Angels and holding a commemorative ceremony for 168 martyred students in Corinto is a story of the sympathy of the people of two cities with a distance of 14 thousand kilometers.

Ambassador Arjan - Community Group: In the not-so-distant past, before the spread of mass media, radio, television, and the Internet, the world for many people was limited to the boundaries of their cities, villages, and lands. People from cities far away from each other, even if they were thousands of kilometers away, could live for years without hearing the name of each other's city or knowing about each other's joys and sorrows.

In those days, if a disaster happened in a distant city, the news of it might never reach the people on the other side of the world. The suffering of a family in Asia remains unknown to a family in Central America; Not necessarily out of indifference, but simply because there was no way to communicate. But the world has changed.

Today, the news of an incident can reach from one continent to another in a short time; An image of a mother's tears in Iran can be seen in a house in Nicaragua, and the name of the small town of Minab in the south of Iran can be found in the minds of people on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and in the American continent. An impressive example of this human connection can be seen in the story of the martyrs of the Minab family tree school and the port city of Corinto in Nicaragua.

How did the name of Minab's angels reach a street in a distant city in Nicaragua?

Minab; A name that became known all over the world due to the brutal attack of American terrorist forces and the deep sorrow caused by its martyrs.

Minab, a city in Hormozgan province; A city that was an unfamiliar name to many people of the world until it was targeted by an air attack. The martyrdom of 168 innocent children and the heavy sadness of their oppression brought Minab's name to the world after this terrorist crime. Behind every number was a short life: a girl who could have studied for years, followed her dreams, brought joy to her family, and built a future she would never have the chance to experience again.

But Minab's sadness did not remain in the geographical borders of Iran. The images, reports and media reflections of this disaster brought it to the awareness of people who may not even know where Minab is located on the world map.

Corinto; A distant city that remembered the name of Minab

On the Pacific coast of Nicaragua is the port city of Corinto; A city whose direct distance to Minab is about 14 thousand kilometers. Two cities located on opposite sides of the world, with different languages, cultures and histories. However, the name Minab in the city of Corinth was not only a geographical name.

The municipality of Corinto named a street "Minab Street of Angels" in memory of the martyred and dead children of Shajre Tayyaba Minab School. Calle ANGELS De MINAB This action was done in the context of expressing solidarity with the families of the victims. In this way, the name of a city in the south of Iran was preserved in a part of a Central American city; A city whose people are thousands of kilometers away from the grieving families of Minab, but they decided to keep the memory of the children of that city alive in their public space.

From geographical ignorance to human awareness

The importance of this event is not only in naming a street; Its importance lies in the path that news, image and empathy have taken. One can imagine that in a time when mass media didn't exist, many Corinto residents might never have heard of Minab.

But today's media, with all their shortcomings and limitations, have provided another possibility: people can learn about the suffering of those who are not their own language, not their countrymen, not even their continent. Of course, the media alone does not create empathy; The news must reach people's hearts and awareness must be converted into decision and action. What happened in Corinto is an example of this transition: from hearing a news, to remembering the victims and registering them in the city.

A street that transcends a geographical boundary

The name "Minab Angels" on a street is like a few words on a sign; But its symbolic meaning goes far beyond the sign and naming. This name can raise a question for a passerby who does not know its history: Where is Minab? Who were these angels? Why should the names of urban children in Iran be placed on a street in Nicaragua? Every time such a question is raised and the story of those children is told, the memory of a disaster is far from oblivion.

The naming of the street, of course, cannot fill the gaps left by the children for their families, and alone does not answer all the questions related to this attack. But it can be a reminder of the principle that children's lives are valuable, regardless of their nationality, language, and place of residence, and the suffering of grieving families should not be ignored simply because of geographical distance.

The story of Minab and Corinto is the story of two cities with a huge distance; But at the same time, it is the story of shrinking the human distance between the people of the world. Communication technology can take the news of war, violence and destruction all over the world; But its value becomes more obvious when this awareness leads to remembrance, sympathy and human action. Minab and Corinto are two very far points on the map; But a street called "Fereshtagan Minab" connects these two cities in a common memory.

From the name of a street to the ritual of sympathy; Corinto in the mourning of Minab angels

Corinto's sympathy with Minab was not limited to naming a street. Following this commemoration, Bandar Abbas Park in Corinto hosted the commemoration ceremony of 168 martyred students of Shajare Tayyaba Minab School. The ceremony was held with the presence of Nicaraguan officials, Ramin Zare, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and a group of students from this country to honor the names and memories of children whose lives ended in school, in a city thousands of kilometers away from their hometown.

But perhaps the most telling image of this ceremony was formed not in the speeches, but in its final moment; When the participants went to the martyrs' memorial place of Shajra Tayyaba Minab school with flower branches and paid their respects to the victims of this incident. The flowers planted in the soil of a distant city could not fill the void of those children or remove the sadness of their families; But they were a sign that their suffering has crossed the borders of Iran and entered the memory of other peoples.

In Corinto, the name "Minab Angels" is now not only seen on one street; This name is also repeated in a ritual that brought together children, local officials and representatives of the two countries. The distance of 14,000 kilometers between the two cities is still on the map, but a street named Farshetgan Minab, words in praise of sympathy and flower branches that were placed on the memorial grave have created another narrative of this distance. A story that shows that sometimes the name of a city goes beyond geography and becomes a sign to remember human suffering.