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In Numbers: The civilian toll of US-Israeli aggression against Iran after 29 days


As the US-Israeli military aggression against Iran entered its 29th day, Iranian officials released updated casualty figures and detailed the extensive damage inflicted on civilian infrastructure across the country.

The unprovoked and illegal war was launched on February 28, in the middle of indirect nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, as the United States and the Israeli regime carried out indiscriminate strikes across multiple Iranian provinces, including Tehran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, along with several top-ranking military commanders, was assassinated in the first wave of the cowardly aggression.

In the days that followed, as Iranian armed forces inflicted heavy blows on the enemy through powerful retaliatory operations under the banner ‘Operation True Promise 4’.

The aggressors then expanded their attacks on civilian infrastructure across the country, targeting hospitals, schools, heritage sites, as well as oil and water facilities.

According to the Ministry of Health, the latest statistics as of day 29 of the war include:

Current hospitalized: 831

Treated and discharged: 24,175

Martyrs among healthcare workers: 24

Damaged ambulances: 38

Damaged healthcare centers: 41 units

Evacuated hospitals: 6 units

Martyrs under 5 years old: 17 children

Martyrs under 18 years old: 214

Female martyrs: 244

The highest number of martyrs has been recorded in the provinces of Tehran and Hormozgan.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society has also released a detailed assessment of damage to civilian infrastructure resulting from airstrikes on civilian areas.

According to the report, a total of 93,233 civilian units have sustained damage, including:

Commercial units: 20,779 across the provinces

Residential units: 71,454 across the provinces

Residential and commercial units in Tehran: 31,562

The strikes have also damaged or destroyed critical civilian infrastructure, including:

Health, medical, and emergency centers: 295

Schools: 600

Red Crescent centers: 17

Operational vehicles (rescue and K-9): 48

Red Crescent and emergency ambulances: 46

Relief helicopters (Red Crescent and emergency): 3


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