Afghanistan, April 6 -- At least 13 people were killed after an airstrike hit a residential building in Eslamshahr, southwest of Tehran, Iranian media reported on Monday, in the latest sign that the war is increasingly hitting civilian areas as well as strategic infrastructure. Neither Israel nor the United States had immediately claimed responsibility for the strike, according to Iranian and international media reports.
The strike was reported by Iran's semi-official Fars news agency and Nour News, which said the building was hit in the early hours of Monday. It was not immediately clear why the structure was targeted, but the attack came during another night of heavy bombardment across several Iranian cities.
The reported deaths came as...