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Damage to Educational & Cultural Sites
Reported damage to key Iranian institutions during the conflict.
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Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran's infrastructure ...
Tehran, Iran – Inside the sprawling Shahid Beheshti University in northern Tehran, a research centre lies in ruins after warplanes bombed it.The attack on Friday on the Laser and Plasma Research Institute of the elite higher education facility is part of a growing pattern of civilian sites targeted by the United States and Israel in their war on Iran.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Vehicles burn in Israel after being hit with Iranian projectile debrislist 2 of 3Witness records Israeli strike on building in Lebanon’s Tyrelist 3 of 3Iran says US, Israel belong in Stone Age after Tehran university strikeend of listThere were no casualties at the university because it was mostly empty after all classes across the country were moved online by the government until further notice. Dormitories nearby were lightly damaged.The US and Israel did not officially divulge the rationale behind the attack, but Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, a senior theoretical physicist and nuclear scientist who was assassinated during the opening salvo of Israel’s 12-day war in June, was the director of a magneto-photonics lab there.“This hostile act not only targets the security of academics and the country’s scientific environment, but is also a clear attack on reason, research, and freedom of thought,” the university said in a statement, calling on international peers to raise awareness about similar strikes.The Laser and Plasma Research Institute of Shahid Beheshti University is in northern Tehran’s Evin area [Maziar Motamedi/Al Jazeera]Hossein Simaei Saraf, minister of science, research and technology, told reporters at the research centre on Saturday that parts of at least 30 universities have so far been impacted by US and Israeli strikes since the start of the war on February 28.He said Iranian scientists have been targets for decades and pointed out that several more Shahid Beheshti University professors were assassinated by Israel during the 12-day war.“Attacking universities and research centres means returning to the Stone Age,” the minister said in reference to a threat by US President Donald Trump to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages” by systematically hitting its infrastructure, including power plants.Another major university attacked during the ongoing war was Tehran’s Science and Technology University, which saw one of its research centres reduced to rubble and other departments damaged a week ago. The facility worked on developing domestically made satellites.T...
U.S.-Israeli airstrikes cause irreparable damage to Iran's cultural ...
The U.S.-Israeli airstrikes against Iran since February 28 have inflicted irreparable damage on the country's priceless cultural heritage sites, according to Hassan Fartousi, secretary-general of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO. Speaking to the press on Tuesday, Fartousi said that 132 cultural heritage items have been attacked in recent strikes, emphasizing that the losses extend far beyond monetary valuation. "Last night, I was told that 132 pieces [items] of our cultural heritage have been attacked, and it is really impossible to say how much the costs are, and it can be said that these (damaged cultural heritage items) are priceless and irreparable. How can these be defined?" Fartousi said. Among the most severely affected sites is the Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2013. Fartousi said that about 40 percent of the palace's historic mirror works, dating back nearly 220 years to the Qajar period, have been damaged. "Unfortunately, in Golestan Palace, there are almost 40 percent of the mirror works [that] have been damaged which belong to almost 220 years ago, the Qajar period. The same situation [occurred] in the Saad Abad complex [in] which the Green Palace [was] attacked in a way which the specialists were telling me very sadly that it may not be possible to repair some of the damages," he said. The Golestan Palace complex, selected as the royal residence and seat of power by the Qajar ruling family in the 19th century, has been described by UNESCO as "a masterpiece of the Qajar era, embodying the successful integration of earlier Persian crafts and architecture with Western influences." The Saad Abad complex, a sprawling former royal compound in northern Tehran, encompasses an extensive park with multiple buildings now serving as museums dedicated to Iran's cultural history. The official residence of Iran's president is located adjacent to the site. U.S.-Israeli airstrikes cause irreparable damage to Iran's cultural heritage sites: UNESCO official Shenzhen Port in south China's Guangdong Province handled 8 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) of foreign trade containers from January to March this year, marking a 7.81-percent increase year on year, according to Shenzhen Customs. Connected to more than 300 ports in over 100 countries and regions around the world, Shenzhen Port ranks first in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) in container throughput. Shenzhen Port handles 8 millio...
Iran condemns US-Israeli 'moral collapse' after attacks on civilian sites
Iran condemns US-Israeli 'moral collapse' after attacks on civilian sites Strikes damage or destroy one of Iran's tallest bridges and a century-old medical research centre fighting diseases ...
Iran urges UNESCO emergency meeting over damaged cultural sites
Iran has called on UNESCO to convene an emergency meeting in response to airstrikes by the United States and Israel that damaged the country's historical and cultural heritage. The appeal was made by Hassan Fartosi, Secretary General of the UNESCO National Commission in Iran, Caliber.Az reports, citing Russian media.
