More than 80,000 civilian units in Iran damaged since war began, Iranian media says

2026-03-23 - 08:50

Strikes across Iran have damaged more than 80,000 civilian units, including medical centers, schools and ambulances, Iran’s Red Crescent Society has reported according to Iranian media. In Tehran province, strikes have impacted 275 pharmaceutical, health and emergency centers, 498 schools and 17 Red Crescent centers, Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) said, citing Pir Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s Red Crescent society. “Attacks on these facilities and equipment are not merely destruction of buildings or vehicles, but direct assaults on the lifelines that save human lives,” IRNA cited Kolivand as saying. One Red Crescent aid worker from the central Iranian city of Esfahan was killed while “serving and saving lives,” Kolivand said, adding that many more have been injured. Iran’s health minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi also said today around 300 medical and emergency centers have been damaged since the war began, according to Iranian state media. CNN cannot independently verify the figures or the circumstances of the reported damage and has reached out to US Central Command for comment. The Israeli military told CNN it directs its strikes “exclusively against lawful military objectives in accordance with the Laws of Armed Conflict.” This post has bee updated with additional developments.