Shafaqna English- Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman, Hossein Kermanpour, has announced that the Pasteur Institute of Iran, a medical research center established in 1920, was targeted in an attack that caused significant damage.
In a post on X, Kermanpour referred to the assault on this “century-old pillar of global health” in Tehran as a “direct attack on international health security.” He shared images from the site, which showed the building heavily damaged, with portions of the facility reduced to rubble.
Attack on Pasteur Institute of Iran “Beyond a War Crime”
The spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack on the Pasteur Institute of Iran, calling it “beyond a war crime” and an assault on the fundamental principles of humanity and civilization.
In addressing the incident, the spokesperson noted that the attack by US and Israeli forces on the Pasteur Institute of Iran—one of the oldest and most prestigious research and public health centers in Iran and the entire Middle East—was a heartbreaking, brutal, and deeply inhumane act. The institute was established in 1920 through an agreement between the Pasteur Institute of Paris and the Iranian government.
Sources: WANA News Agency, AL jazeera
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