DOHA, March 11. /TASS/. A total of 21,720 civilian facilities in Iran have been damaged as a result of attacks by the United States and Israel, the Iranian Red Crescent Society reported.

"21,720 civilian facilities have been damaged in the airstrikes to date. Of these, 17,353 are residential buildings and 4,122 are commercial facilities, as well as educational institutions," the organization’s press service stated.

The United States and Israel launched a military operation against Iran on February 28. Major Iranian cities, including Tehran, were struck. The White House justified the attack by citing alleged missile and nuclear threats from Iran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced a retaliatory operation, targeting sites in Israel. US military bases in Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were also hit. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and some other key Iranian leaders were killed in the joint US-Israeli attack.

The Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran later announced the election of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the slain ayatollah, as the country’s new Supreme Leader.