The Iranian Red Crescent reports that nearly 55,000 civilian structures have been destroyed or severely damaged amid the ongoing regional war triggered by US and Israeli strikes.
Tens of thousands of civilian structures in Iran have been destroyed or sustained heavy damage amid the ongoing regional war. According to figures from the Iranian Red Crescent, as originally cited by the semi-official Mehr News Agency, exactly 54,550 civilian units have been destroyed or severely damaged, the Qatar-funded news network Al Jazeera reports.
The widespread infrastructural devastation follows the massive joint United States and Israeli military offensive, dubbed "Operation Epic Wrath," which targeted thousands of sites across Iran earlier this month and killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Reporting on the Red Crescent's damage figures, the pro-Palestinian and resistance-aligned channel Al-Ahrar News Network directly attributed the destruction of the civilian units to the "Ziono-American aggression."
The initial strikes on Iran have since triggered a cascading and unprecedented regional conflict. Iranian and allied "Axis of Resistance" forces have launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks against Israeli cities, US military bases, and strategic energy infrastructure across the Gulf, prompting mass evacuations of foreign diplomats and citizens across the Middle East.
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