Dubai, Apr 6: An airstrike early Monday hit a residential building in a city southwest of Iran’s capital, Tehran, killing at least 13 people, Iranian media reported.
The semi-official Fars news agency and Nour News said the strike occurred near Eslamshar. It was not immediately clear why the building was targeted.
Neither the US nor Israel claimed responsibility for the strikes, which came shortly after former US President Donald Trump issued a strongly worded warning urging Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Airstrikes early Monday also targeted the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. Iranian media reported damage to buildings on the campus, as well as to a nearby natural gas distribution site.
It remained unclear what specific facilities were hit at the university, which currently has no students on campus as classes have shifted online due to the ongoing conflict.
Over the years, several countries have sanctioned the university for its alleged links to Iran’s military, particularly its ballistic missile programme overseen by the Revolutionary Guard.
Security forces, including the Guard, are reportedly using secondary locations as operational points as their main bases face repeated attacks during the conflict.
Meanwhile, the state-run IRAN daily newspaper reported that an airstrike in a residential area of Qom killed at least five people. Qom, located just south of Tehran, is a major centre for Shiite religious studies.
The exact target of the strike in Qom was not immediately known. Iran has not released updated overall casualty figures or details of material losses from the conflict in recent days. (Agency)
