Iran says 5,000 women, 2,115 minors hit in US-Israeli attacks
Iran’s head of Emergency Medical Services, Jafar Miadfar, said on Sunday that thousands of civilians, including women and children, had been killed or wounded during recent U.S.-Israeli military operations across the country.
In remarks carried by Iranian media, Miadfar said Iran had recorded “2,115 victims under 18, including 124 under five and 70 under two,” and added that “nearly 5,000 of the victims are women, exactly 4,993, none of whom had any role in military affairs.”
Miadfar said the heaviest casualties were recorded in Tehran, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Isfahan, Kermanshah and Ilam provinces. He described one of the worst incidents as taking place at a school in Minab, saying the number of victims there included large numbers of women and minors. He also said Iran’s emergency response system had been hit hard, with “118 people” injured among responders, “26” killed, and dozens of bases and ambulances damaged, Viory reports.
His remarks came as diplomacy between Tehran and Washington remained deadlocked. U.S. and Iranian delegations ended talks in Islamabad without an agreement after marathon negotiations, casting fresh doubt over a fragile two-week ceasefire reached earlier this week.
That ceasefire, brokered with Pakistani mediation, was tied to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Although the truce initially eased fears of a wider regional war, the breakdown in talks has renewed uncertainty over both the ceasefire and shipping through the strait.
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