Under international law, in war cultural stes are protected. That I suspect is one reason why the US took Kyoto off the list of possible sites for the first nuclear bomb. Now in Iraq, the US and israel are paying no attention to international law. One of Teheran's cultural glories and one of its oldest historical sites, the Golestan Palace, is now said to be in virtual ruins. The world renowned Naqsh-e-Jahan Square in Isfahan, the glory of that city, has bombs falling nearby. These cultural sites are precious to all Iranians. In my view, bombing them will only hasten their resolve to continue fighting Trump and Netanyahu's war. Video in this link.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/10/world/video/iranian-state-media-damaged-historical-and-cultural-sites-airstrike-gharagozlou-ldn-digvid

Golestan palace before the war

Sites in Isfahan's huge main square

Not sure how the last pic ended where it did - clearly my error. It is the exterior of the Golestan Palace in Teheran.

22 hours ago, PeterRS said:

Not sure how the last pic ended where it did - clearly my error. It is the exterior of the Golestan Palace in Teheran.

no harm done, architecture of it beautiful. Eyewitness here 

bombing schools and hospitals is against international law too, but neither of these countries thinks they will ever face consequences

As reported in the New York Times and repeated this morning in the Guardian, it now seems certain it was a US targeting failure that resulted in the murder of 175 young girls and teachers as a result of the tomahawk missile in Minab at the start of the war. We can be certain Trump and his acolytes will deny, deny and continue denying. But the evidence now seems certain to show these would be yet more lies.

According to the New York Times, quoting unnamed US officials and others familiar with the initial findings, the investigation has concluded that the strike on 28 February on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school building was the result of a targeting mistake by the US military planners.

It is a reminder if one was needed that hasty planning will result in such disasters. In Belgrade in 1999 military planners targetted five guided missile bombs which hit the Chinese Embassy but were suposed to be aimed at the headquarters of the Yugoslav weapons importer 440 meters south on the same road. On that occasion CIA director George Tenet claimed the CIA had "miscalculated". 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/iran-war-missile-strike-elementary-school

Remembering the monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan, dating to 6th century and formerly the largest ever standing Buddhas in the world. The larger was 180 feet tall, the smaller was 125 feet and both stood at an elevation of 8,200 feet. To visitors it must have looked as though they reached to the heavens. Thoroughly destroyed -or as one website expresses it “erased” -  by the Taliban in 2001. A travesty.