Iranian authorities on March 3, 2026 displayed footage of destroyed government buildings in Tehran from US and Israeli strikes, Al Jazeera’s newsfeed showed. The government-organized tour featured a diplomatic police centre and a cultural institute in ruins, while the death toll from the offensive that started on February 28 has exceeded 3,000, according to Iran’s Ministry of Health.
Al Jazeera’s video captured Iranian state media crews walking through the rubble at the diplomatic police centre and the cultural institute. The sites appeared heavily damaged with collapsed walls and debris scattered across the grounds. Iranian officials accompanying the tour pointed out the extent of the destruction to journalists present. No official statements were quoted in the Al Jazeera feed.
A subsequent Bloomberg News graphic published on April 21, 2026, analyzed satellite imagery of damage clusters in Tehran and found that 2,816 buildings were hit. The assessment determined that around 32 percent were linked to the military, 25 percent to industry, 21 percent to civilians, 19 percent commercial and 2 percent governmental. The news outlet noted that military and government targets were often situated alongside civilian and commercial assets. US and Israeli officials have said the strikes targeted sites used for military purposes or by security services.
BBC Verify reviewed satellite images and identified damage at 51 military sites across Iran, including air bases, naval facilities and compounds of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. The assessment showed harm to air force jets, warships and ballistic missile facilities at multiple locations. The BBC report highlighted the scale of impact on Iran’s military infrastructure since the war began.
The US and Israeli strikes began on February 28, 2026, under operations named Roaring Lion by Israel and Epic Fury by the United States, according to a Wikipedia compilation of reported attacks. Early targets in Tehran’s Pasteur district included areas near Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s residence and the National Security Council. On March 1, the Thar-Allah Headquarters was levelled, the compilation of events stated. Israeli forces declared they had hit the general staff of the internal security forces.
Iran’s Ministry of Health reported 3,468 people killed and more than 26,500 injured from the strikes, Al Jazeera’s March 1 tracker indicated. The victims ranged in age from eight months to 88 years and included 376 children and 496 women, the ministry figures showed. HRANA documented 3,636 deaths including 1,701 civilians with at least 254 children, a Reuters article from April 10 conveyed. The New York Times verified strikes on at least 39 schools and hospitals in its April 9 report.
One documented case involved the Gandhi Hospital in northern Tehran, where the facade was ripped off during heavy strikes that appeared to target Iranian state television facilities across the street, The New York Times stated. A video shot near the Red Crescent building showed a massive smoke plume rising from the police headquarters site. The strikes also hit the police headquarters in the Vanak neighborhood, damaging nearby hospitals, according to the newspaper’s analysis of satellite imagery.
