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Hospitals & Medical Facilities
13 documented incidents
- Mar 1 Gandhi Hospital, Tehran: IHL-Protected Suffered extensive damage the day after the war began. The World Health Organization described the incident as 'extremely worrying' regarding the safety of healthcare workers and patients. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
- Mar 1 Iranian Red Crescent Society HQ, Tehran: IHL-Protected Explosions occurred near the Peace Building headquarters, disrupting national emergency coordination. [Al Jazeera live tracker]
- Mar 1 Khatam Hospital, Tehran: IHL-Protected Reported among the major medical facilities damaged in early strikes on the capital. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
- Mar 1 Medical Emergency Bases, Tehran: IHL-Protected Multiple urban emergency response centers hit; the Red Crescent reported nine of its own affiliated centers struck within the first week. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
- Mar 1 Ba'athat Hospital, Tehran: IHL-Protected Listed among the hospitals struck in the first days of the war. [Wikipedia – Timeline]
- Mar 1 Persian Gulf Martyrs Hospital, Bushehr: IHL-Protected Struck in the opening wave of attacks on Bushehr; specifically listed in Wikipedia's timeline of the war. [Wikipedia – Timeline]
- Early Mar Blood transfusion centre, Urmia: IHL-Protected A blood transfusion centre in Urmia was struck. Medical facilities and blood supply infrastructure are specifically protected under international humanitarian law. [Wikipedia – Timeline of the 2026 Iran war]
- Mid-Mar Andimeshk Hospital, Khuzestan Province: IHL-Protected Targeted during the escalation of strikes in the southwestern industrial and oil corridor. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Mar 25 Lar Medical Base: IHL-Protected A direct strike on a medical emergency center; a Red Crescent ambulance was also struck while transporting the injured. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Apr 1 Tofigh Daru Research & Engineering Company, Tehran: IHL-Protected Iran's first and largest pharmaceutical research firm, struck by two drones and completely destroyed. As the sole domestic producer of active pharmaceutical ingredients for cancer, cardiovascular, and immunomodulatory medicines, its destruction caused acute shortages of life-saving treatments, including for children. [Center for American Progress; OHCHR]
- Apr 2 Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran: IHL-Protected A century-old public-health institution founded in 1920, struck three times in total — the third the most destructive. Cell banks, malaria research, clinical research units, and biotechnology labs across 23,000 sq meters were destroyed. Home to 13 national reference laboratories, 3 biobanks, and 2 WHO collaborating centers, it produced vaccines for hepatitis B, measles, and COVID-19 — all halted. Iranian scientists called it 'the biggest tragedy of this war so far.' [Science/AAAS; UNICEF]
- Apr 4 Delaram Sina Psychiatric Hospital, Tehran: IHL-Protected Sustained significant damage in a strike. Specifically named by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his April 4 statement on attacks against Iranian healthcare. [WHO; Al Jazeera]
- Jul 15–16 Near Shahid Baghaei Specialised Hospital, Ahvaz: IHL-Protected Powerful explosions during overnight US strikes on Ahvaz struck close to — but not directly on — the Shahid Baghaei Specialised Hospital, one of Iran's leading referral centres for paediatric cancer and blood disorders. 211 children undergoing chemotherapy were evacuated in an emergency. A doctor said the blast was so intense and so close that staff believed the hospital itself had been hit. The hospital resumed operations less than six hours later. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei called it a 'barbaric' attack that 'caused severe suffering and anxiety upon the hospitalised children'; Iran called it a 'cowardly war crime'. The US did not comment. The IRGC framed its subsequent strike on the US airbase in Bahrain as a response. [Al Jazeera, Jul 16; Common Dreams]
Summary:UNICEF reported 442+ medical and emergency facilities damaged by April 7; the OHCHR Fact-Finding Mission confirmed 315. Twenty-four health workers were killed (116 injured), along with 3 Red Crescent emergency personnel. The destruction of the Pasteur Institute and the Tofigh Daru pharmaceutical research firm halted production of vaccines and life-saving medicines, disrupting healthcare for an estimated 10 million people including 2.2 million children. WHO Director-General Tedros named several struck hospitals directly. The pattern resumed in the July escalation, when strikes near the Shahid Baghaei Specialised Hospital in Ahvaz forced the emergency evacuation of 211 children undergoing cancer treatment. [WHO; UNICEF, Apr 7; OHCHR; Al Jazeera, Jul 16]