A paramedic with the Iranian Red Crescent Society was killed in an attack on Mobarakeh city in Isfahan Province, central Iran. This incident is part of the ongoing violence against humanitarian workers trying to provide life-saving help during the US-Israeli military campaign against the country.
Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that a Red Crescent worker was killed by an American-Israeli strike in Isfahan. This event contributes to a troubling trend of losses among Iran’s emergency response teams since the conflict started. The IFRC mourned the death of Alireza Sohbatlou, a 35-year-old relief worker who died on 31 March in an airstrike in Zanjan province. He was the third Iranian Red Crescent volunteer killed in just one month of conflict.
Earlier, on 27 March, Dr. Somayeh Mir Abo Eshagh, a 44-year-old volunteer from Khansar in Isfahan Province with 22 years of service, was killed during airstrikes while performing humanitarian duties. She became the second Red Crescent volunteer to be killed since the war began. The first was Hamidreza Jahanbakhsh, also from Isfahan Province, who was killed on 8 March during a search and rescue operation in Tiran-o-Korun. These killings have received strong condemnation from the international humanitarian community. The IFRC emphasized that the Red Crescent emblem represents protection, humanity, neutrality, and hope. They asserted that volunteers and staff must never be targeted while carrying out life-saving work.
Isfahan Province has suffered significant strikes throughout the conflict. This province is a major industrial center, home to the steel sector and several nuclear facilities. Israeli strikes have caused considerable damage to the Mobarakeh Steel Company, one of the Middle East’s biggest flat steel producers and a key regional employer. Since late February, devastating strikes across Iran have resulted in hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, and the disruption of essential services for up to 60 million people.