The Islamic Republic is constructing a reinforced underground passageway in central Tehran to allow for alternative entry to the country’s largest medical center, according to a report by the state-controlled Tasnim News Agency.
Jafar Tashakori, chairman of Tehran’s municipal transportation committee, told the media outlet the project is designed to strengthen safeguards against Israeli attacks on the regime’s infrastructure. He described the excavation as intended to connect a major public transit station with direct access to the capital city’s Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex.
Tashakori added that once the underpass is complete, it will be the first tunnel with "defensive functionalities" built in the metro area.
The anticipated structure follows the theocracy’s frequent use of subterranean fortification as a method to secure critical security locations. This approach has been widely employed to protect ballistic missile batteries, combat aircraft, munition storage centers, and, most notably, the regime's illicit nuclear program.
On Oct. 26, the Israeli Air Force launched strikes on military sites across several regions of Iran, targeting key regime assets such as air-defense systems, drone manufacturing facilities, missile production plants, and several bases belonging to its armed forces. Jerusalem stated that the three-wave operation was a retaliatory response to an incursion against the Jewish state earlier in the month.
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