The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted the Cultural Heritage Ministry as saying the most damage has been sustained in Tehran, where 19 locations were affected. A video taken by The Associated Press news agency on March 3 showed shattered glass from the mirrored ceilings of the palace covering its floors, broken archways, blown-out windows and damaged mouldings scattered below its glass-mosaic walls. Security Council Resolution 2347, which passed in 2017, condemns the unlawful destruction of cultural heritage, including religious sites. The 2003 US‑led invasion of Iraq set the stage for the looting of the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad, where thousands of artefacts were stolen or destroyed. Over the course of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, which began in October 2023, nearly 200 sites of historical importance have been destroyed or damaged as of February this year, according to UNESCO. In December 2024, Israel struck Gaza’s Great Omari Mosque, the city’s largest and oldest mosque, which was established in the seventh century.