US-Israeli Strikes Damage UNESCO Sites Across Iran and Israel

Beginning on February 28, the military conflict between the US and Israel against Iran has intensified, resulting in significant casualties and destruction of infrastructure in Iran, Lebanon, and the Gulf region. Several UNESCO world heritage sites have suffered damage. A strike on March 2 affected the buffer zone around Tehran's historic Golestan Palace, which dates back to the Qajar era. Subsequently, on March 9, assaults on the provincial governorate in Isfahan impacted both the 17th-century Chehel Sotoun palace and Naqsh-e Jahan Square. In response, Iran's counterattacks in Israel led to extensive damage to the Bauhaus architecture found in Tel Aviv's White City.