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  • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    ⭕️ US-Israel are bombing bridges & medical institutes in Iran – and calling it victory

    The Pasteur Institute of Iran, hit in today’s strikes, is far more than just a building. It is a century-old pillar of global health and the oldest medical research center in West Asia. Founded in 1920 in collaboration with the Pasteur Institute of Paris, it has spent over a hundred years combating outbreaks such as rabies, smallpox, and cholera.

    As a leading hub for vaccine production, including BCG and Hepatitis B, the institute represents the height of Iranian scientific achievement and humanitarian service. Targeting a facility dedicated to preventing disease and developing life-saving medicine strikes at the core of Iran’s public health infrastructure.

    In the same wave of attacks, the B1 Bridge in Alborz, officially named the Ebrahim Raisi Bridge and recognized as the tallest bridge in West Asia, was also targeted. Standing 136 meters high and stretching over a kilometer across the Karaj River valley, it was designed to alleviate one of Iran’s most severe civilian challenges, the traffic bottleneck between Tehran and Karaj.

    By linking the Northern Karaj Freeway, the bridge was meant to ease daily commutes, restore hours of lost time, and facilitate the movement of essential goods and trade across the country.

    The nature of these attacks reflects the US and Israel’s real objective of systematically degrading Iran by targeting its logistical and medical backbone.

    The B1 Bridge, developed with the involvement of the Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, stood as a symbol of advanced engineering aimed at modernizing transport.

    Alongside a medical institute central to vaccine production and disease control, these were not marginal targets but pillars of a functioning society. By targeting these sites, those responsible are fully aware of the profound human, scientific, and developmental cost of dismantling the infrastructure that sustains civilian life.

    https://t.me/thecradlemedia/56330?single

    • shreditdude0@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      It pisses me off that the same isn’t happening within the imperial core. The chauvinists should know precisely what it’s like to have their hospitals and bridges obliterated.