Iranian capital builds ‘defensive tunnel’ after Israeli strikes

Iranian motorists drive past an anti-Israel and US billboard depicting an Israeli soldier receiving military supplies from the United States with a Farsi headline reading "the American Rabid Dog" at Tehran's central Valiasr square on November 6, 2024. (AFP)
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DUBAI: Iran is building a “defensive tunnel” in the capital Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday, following strikes by Israel on targets in the country.
The tunnel, located near the city center, will link a station on the Tehran metro to the Imam Khomeini hospital, thus allowing direct underground access to the medical facility.
“For the first time in the country, a tunnel with defensive applications is being built in Tehran,” the head of transport for Tehran City Council told Tasnim.
Last month, Israel carried out its first officially-recognized strikes in Iran, hitting missile factories and other sites near Tehran and in the country’s west, as a response to Iran’s Oct.1 attack on Israeli territory.