Tehran’s Gandhi Hospital evacuated after explosions nearby, WHO says

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Debris is seen successful  a country   of Gandhi Hospital, which was damaged erstwhile   a onslaught   deed  a State TV communications operation    and adjacent    buildings crossed  the thoroughfare  during the ongoing associated  U.S.-Israeli subject   run  successful  Tehran, Iran, connected  March 2, 2026.

Debris is seen successful a country of Gandhi Hospital, which was damaged erstwhile a onslaught deed a State TV communications operation and adjacent buildings crossed the thoroughfare during the ongoing associated U.S.-Israeli subject run successful Tehran, Iran, connected March 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

The World Health Organization said connected Monday (March 2, 2026) that a infirmary successful Iran’s superior has been ‌evacuated aft explosions adjacent and that it is moving to ⁠verify reports that 3 different aesculapian centres successful the state had been deed ‌since the commencement of the U.S.-Israeli aerial warfare against Iran ‌on February 28.

“We recognize ‌patients ⁠were moved owed to ⁠nearby explosions that caused collateral harm to the hospital,” said a WHO spokesperson, referring to the Gandhi Hospital ‌in Tehran.

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Witnesses told Reuters connected March 1 that the infirmary had been deed by Israeli strikes.

The ‌WHO spokesperson said that it is moving to verify reports astir alleged harm to the ⁠Motahari Hospital successful Tehran and exigency aesculapian centres successful Sarab, successful northwestern ‌Iran, and different successful the occidental state of Hamadan.

The WHO has a state bureau successful Iran and works with the authorities connected wellness emergencies and illness control. ‌It seeks to verify attacks connected wellness systems crossed the world, without attributing blame.

Iran’s ambassador to the ⁠U.N. successful Geneva, Ali Bahreini, said successful ⁠a code to the Human Rights Council connected Monday ‌(March 2) that hospitals had been subjected to “indiscriminate attacks”, without giving details.

Published - March 02, 2026 07:50 p.m. IST

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