Tehran to turn homes bombed by Israel into museums
Several homes damaged by Israeli strikes in a brief conflict last month will be turned into museums, Tehran’s mayor Alireza Zakani said.
Several homes damaged by Israeli strikes in a brief conflict last month will be turned into museums, Tehran’s mayor Alireza Zakani said.
“We’ll mark every damaged site with plaques or symbols as lasting reminders,” Zakani said on Wednesday.
The mayor was speaking on a state TV program focused on how the municipality plans to rebuild after Israeli attacks on Iran’s capital during the 12-day war.
Zakani announced that authorities plan to build ten-story residential buildings with underground parking that will serve as shelters.
Many Iranians criticized the government for not providing civilian shelters to mitigate harm to the public in the manner of Tehran's Israeli adversaries.
Government officials have said more than 3,200 residential units were destroyed in Tehran.
Zakani also announced that the municipality is currently housing people displaced by the conflict in nine hotels, with a total capacity of over 1,000 people.
During the war, Israel assassinated Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists and pounded nuclear and military sites nationwide, though targeting focused mostly on Tehran and western Iran.
The war killed over 1,100 Iranians and injured thousands more, according to US-based rights group HRANA.
Israeli evacuation orders for Tehran during the conflict encompassed areas home to hundreds of thousands of people.
The Israeli Air military said it also targeted 80 Iranian air defense systems and 250 missile launch platforms.
Iran fired approximately 600 missiles at Israeli territory in retaliation, killing 27 people across the country. More than 30,000 buildings were damaged, Israeli authorities said.
