US-Israeli airstrikes damage 33,000 residential buildings in capital Tehran: Municipality

The ongoing war of aggression by a US-Israeli military coalition has damaged 33,000 residential buildings across the Iranian capital during the past month, says the municipality of Tehran.

In a statement on Thursday, Abdolmotahhar Mohammadkhani, spokesman for the mayor of Tehran, noted that 33,000 houses and apartments in total across the capital are somehow in need of repair, “ranging from minor repairs, such as fixing or replacing broken doors and windows, to cases in need of complete rebuilding or renovation.”

He added that operations for rebuilding 4,000 damaged residential structures have already begun, noting that the rebuilding is carried out either by owners with financial support from the municipality or directly by the municipality.

“In total, there are 1,869 affected families who have been in need of housing assistance. Of these, 1,245 families- some 4,200 citizens - have been accommodated in 23 residential facilities,” Mohammadkhani said.

The spokesman further said that some of the affected citizens have decided to stay with their relatives or relocate to other cities, while about 140 families have already returned to their homes after the completion of minor repairs.

On Wednesday, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said that the US-Israeli airstrikes had damaged or destroyed more than 115,000 civilian structures across the country over the previous five weeks.

In a statement, it added that “115,193 civilian units, including 91,498 homes and 22,580 commercial facilities, have suffered severe damage or been completely destroyed.”

At least 736 schools and educational centers have been directly hit and either completely destroyed or severely damaged by the blast wave of the US-Israeli attacks, according to the statement.
The IRCS’s figures show that more than 300 health and medical facilities have also been hit.

The unprovoked war of aggression, which entered its second month, has so far killed more than 2,000 people across the country, including women and children, according to Iran’s health officials.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has responded with nearly 90 waves of retaliatory strikes, codenamed Operation True Promise 4, launching hundreds of ballistic and hypersonic missiles as well as drone attacks against sensitive and strategic American and Israeli targets throughout the region.

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