The chairman of the Tehran City Council's safety committee said the city has 82 metro stations and 253 administrative and commercial complexes with underground spaces that can be used as public shelters in an emergency. The municipality is working to expand the use of existing infrastructure, including parking lots, for civil defense purposes, according to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).
The head of the Tehran City Council's safety committee, identified as Baba'i, said the city currently has 82 metro stations and 253 administrative and commercial complexes containing underground spaces that can serve as public shelters during emergencies. The municipality is also working to utilize existing infrastructure and expand the use of parking lots for shelter purposes, according to a report by the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA).
The announcement adds to a series of civil defense measures by Iranian authorities in recent months. The Zioneer previously reported on June 8 that the Tehran municipality was converting underground parking lots into public shelters. Other reports have documented air defense system activations over Tehran and drone activity over Iranian cities, as tensions with Israel have remained high.
Iran has been preparing for potential retaliatory strikes amid ongoing regional escalation, with civil defense infrastructure improvements forming part of a broader effort to mitigate the impact of any future attack. The figures provided by the city official offer a detailed picture of the scale of existing underground capacity that could be mobilized in a crisis.
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