82,417 civilian units damaged by Israeli-US aggression: IRCS

The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) says that the Israeli-US aggression has damaged more than 82,000 civilian units across the country. 

In a statement released on Tuesday, Pir-Hossein Koulivand said that 82,417 civilian units, including 62,440 residential houses, and 19,187 commercial buildings have been severely damaged across Iran since the start of Israeli-US aggression on February 28.

In Tehran Province alone, 25,280 houses and commercial buildings have been destroyed or damaged by the aggression.

He added that 281 medical facilities including pharmacies, and emergency buildings have been hit along with 481 schools and 17 IRCS centers.

Additionally, 3 IRCS helicopters, 48 operational vehicles, and 46 ambulances have been destroyed, the IRCS chief concluded.

Furthermore, in a letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday, Koulivand expressed his grave concerns over relentless strikes by the US and Israel on Iran’s medical infrastructure, categorically condemning them.

The IRCS head further stressed that the strikes are flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, including four Geneva Conventions and additional protocols, urging the WHO to condemn the attacks, and launch an independent investigation into the hostilities.

The US and Israeli armed forces launched their military aggression against Iran in late February by attacking 30 targets across Tehran, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei and several senior Iranian officials.

Since then, Iranian armed forces have retaliated by launching barrages of missiles and drones at Israeli‑occupied territories as well as US bases across the region.

According to Iran’s Ministry of Defense, Iranian forces have killed and wounded at least 600 American troops at various US bases since the start of the war.

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