Iran's cultural heritage sites are being damaged by American and Israeli strikes

NPR | By Emily Feng

Published March 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM EDT

The cost of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran are mounting in terms of civilian deaths and damage to Iran's most famous cultural heritage sites.

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Emily Feng is NPR's Beijing correspondent.

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