Cancer drug facility, religious site hit in Israeli-US strikes on Iran

The Iranian government said the company’s drug production line has been damaged, as no diplomatic solution is in sight.Israeli-US strikes have hit one of Iran’s largest pharmaceutical companies in Tehran, which produces anaesthetics and cancer drugs, the Iranian government said.Separate attacks were reported on Tuesday at a Shia religious site in the northwestern city of Zanjan, local media said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Three scenarios for the Strait of Hormuzlist 2 of 3Israel says four soldiers killed as army pushes deeper into south Lebanonlist 3 of 3Iran war: What is happening on day 32 of US-Israel attacks?end of list“During the US and Zionist regime attacks on civilian centres, on the morning of Tuesday, one of the largest companies producing anti-cancer, anaesthetic and specialised medicines was damaged and the drug production line was damaged,” the Iranian government said in a post on X.The company was identified as Tofigh Daru Research and Engineering Company, which is owned by the Social Security Investment Company, a state-run holding firm. On LinkedIn, Tofigh Daru says it develops and produces active pharmaceutical ingredients “in the anticancer, narcotics, cardiovascular to immunomodulatory segments”.Iran’s former foreign minister and founder of the Payab Research Institute, Javad Zarif, said on X that Tofigh Daru was targeted by “desperate aggressors” who “failed to realize their diabolical delusions” and “deliberately” struck a medical production facility.Elsewhere, Iranian Red Crescent teams said rescue operations retrieved two people buried under the rubble after a US-Israeli air strike hit Zanjan’s Husseiniya Azam, a Shia congregation hall next to a mosque.One person was killed, and eight were injured in Iran’s western Kermanshah province, according to Iran’s Mehr news agency, after US-Israeli strikes targeted workers at a civilian contracting company in the city of Qasr-e Shirin, on the border with Iraq.Heavy bombing was also reported in Isfahan, which is a key hub for Iran’s defence industry and has major nuclear facilities, including Natanz. The province is home to several major military bases, including the Badr Airbase, the 8th Shekari Airbase and the 4th Air Force Base.