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Hospitals & Medical Facilities
11 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]
- 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]
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. [WHO; UNICEF, Apr 7; OHCHR]