Airstrikes in Iran kills 3; many hurt

Israel-US have bombed our Bushehr plant four times now. Radioactive fallout will end life in GCC capitals, not Tehran.

Abbas Araghchi Iran’s Foreign Minister

Dubai: Airstrikes in southwest Iran have killed at least three people and wounded others, according to Iranian state media. The attack took place in the same area where a missing American crew member is believed to be.

Meanwhile, the commander of joint military command Gen Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi said Iran would target all infrastructure used by the US military in the region, and Israel’s infrastructure, if aggression escalates. “The doors of hell will be opened to you” if Iran’s infrastructure is attacked, Aliabadi said.

5 univ professors, 60 students die so far

Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei Sarraf reviewed the aftermath of strike on a university research centre in Tehran. A laser and plasma research ce­ntre at Shahid Beheshti University was damaged on Friday.

“The enemy with no roots in history, culture and civilisation is acting worse than (humans living) in the stone age and attacks a scientific centre,” he told reporters.

Since 2011, Shahid Beheshti University has been sanctio­n­ed by the EU for its role in nu­clear weapons development.

Destruction at Shia religious complex 

Residents said an airstrike that hit the Grand Husayniyya of Zanjan on March 31 also caused damage to a library and clinic where people used to get treated for free. Part of the Husayniyya, a congregation hall for Shia comme­m­orati­ons and rituals, is centuries old. Jaafar Moham­madi, director general of cultural and Islamic guidance in Zanjan, said the strike killed two, including the caretaker of library, Alirezza Soubatlo, and a volunteer with Iranian Red Crescent Society. The library was home to over 35,000 books, many of which are very old and handwritten.