TEHRAN -- A Tehran court on Sunday began hearing a lawsuit filed by about 100 Iranian citizens against 19 American and Israeli officials over damages caused by the 12-day war. 
The hearing was held at Branch 55 of the Tehran Civil Court, presided over by Judge Majid Husseinzadeh, with the attendance of Hassan Abdolianpour, head of the Judiciary’s Center for Lawyers, Legal Experts and Family Counselors, along with lawyers, plaintiffs, affected families and media representatives.
At the start of the session, Judge Husseinzadeh announced the court’s jurisdiction, stating that the case comprises 78 files and concerns civil claims by Iranian plaintiffs against the U.S. government and a number of its officials and the Zionist regime.
Describing the plaintiffs’ demands, he said they seek material, moral and punitive damages resulting from the deliberate destruction of their movable and immovable property. 
According to the report, the lawsuits are based on damage to people’s property caused by missile barrages and bombardments resulting from the aggression against the territorial sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mahmoud Rashnavaz, lawyer for the war’s damages claimants, cited missile and drone attacks by the Zionist regime with U.S. support and participation against civilian targets on Iranian soil, and the violation of the UN Charter, international humanitarian law and Iranian domestic law, including the 1960 Civil Liability Law.
He said based on statistics announced by the head of the Red Crescent and damage assessment reports by Tehran Municipality and the Housing Foundation, about 8,200 residential units were damaged during the 12-day war, of which nearly 400 were completely destroyed. He noted damage to commercial units, vehicles, household goods and other private property.
Rashnavaz said at least six ambulances were destroyed or taken out of service during relief missions, with one case involving a direct missile attack on a Red Crescent ambulance in Tehran that led to its complete burning. He also referred to the attack on a Tehran police headquarters on June 23, 2025, saying the center belonged to an institution responsible for public order and security and was not a military installation.
A female plaintiff described the moments of the attack on her family’s home, saying three missiles struck the house around 1:10 a.m., one exploding in the neighboring unit, causing walls and the ceiling to collapse and trapping her and her children under the rubble. 
She said her husband managed to free himself and rescue them, that the home they had spent nearly 20 years building was no longer habitable, and that she suffered a broken leg and torn tendon while her children suffered head injuries. She said her children remain afraid of loud sounds and that she and her husband now take sedatives.
Seyyed Muhammad Mousavi, mayor of Tehran’s District 4 and an official judicial expert, testified that 3,000 residential units were damaged in the 12-day war and 11,000 in the Ramadan war. He said three residential complexes of 20 units each were directly hit by missiles, and that four universities—Iran University of Science and Technology, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Shahid Rajaee University and Imam Hossein University—were directly hit. 
He also referred to the Bani Hashem neighborhood incident in which eight members of one family were martyred, saying a 20-day-old infant was thrown from a window and landed on a tree.
Nasim Qazi, another lawyer for the plaintiffs, cited Articles 22 and 1, 2, 3 and 10 of the Civil Liability Law and said the plaintiffs seek restoration to their previous condition, payment of repair, reconstruction or replacement costs, treatment and accommodation costs, and other direct economic losses, with amounts to be determined by official judicial experts. She also requested punitive damages and referral of the case to competent international bodies.
The court said the case continues.