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At Least 13 Killed in an Airstrike Southwest of Iran's Capital

The strikes also hit Sharif University of Technology and a nearby gas site, while another attack killed at least five people in Qom, Iranian media said.

  • An airstrike early Monday struck a residential building near Eslamshar, southwest of Tehran, killing at least 13 people, according to Fars and Nour News; the attack also damaged the Sharif University of Technology.
  • Following the rescue of an American aviator, President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to hit Iranian power plants and bridges, vowing the country would be "living in Hell" if the Strait of Hormuz is not opened by his Tuesday deadline.
  • Defiant Iranian forces struck infrastructure in neighboring Gulf Arab countries, causing fires at petrochemical plants in Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates; authorities reported injuries at the Khor Fakkan port.
  • More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began, prompting legal scholars to warn that targeting civilian infrastructure may constitute a war crime if military advantage does not outweigh civilian harm.
  • Iranian Culture Minister Sayed Reza Salihi-Amiri told Associated Press journalists that the U.S. president "constantly shifts between contradictory positions," while Iran labeled Trump's threats as "clear evidence of intent to commit war crime.
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At least 13 people have been killed in an attack on a residential area in the southwest of Iran's capital, Tehran, the Iranian news agency Fars reported on Monday night, according to news...

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At least 13 killed in an airstrike southwest of Iran's capital

Iranian media reported the airstrike early Monday struck a residential building near Eslamshar

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