US-Israeli aggression killed 258 women, 221 minors in Iran: Health official

The head of Iran’s Emergency Organization says at least 258 women and 221 individuals under the age of 18 have been martyred in US-Israeli assaults during their war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

Majid Miadfar said in a statement on Sunday that a total of 18 children under the age of five have also been killed in the bloody onslaught.

Among the under-18 victims martyred in the American-Israeli bombings are 168 schoolgirls from Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in the southern Iranian city of Minab, he said.

Miadfar noted that the number of female Iranians injured in the strikes has reached 4,993, while 2,115 people under the age of 18 have been wounded as well.

At least 124 children under the age of five have also sustained injuries, and 70 infants under the age of two have been wounded as well, he said.

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According to the official, the bulk of injuries were recorded in the capital province of Tehran, southwestern and western provinces of Khuzestan, Lorestan, Kermanshah, and Ilam, besides the central province of Isfahan.

He also highlighted the damage inflicted upon the health sector infrastructure, explaining that 400 medical facilities, 57 emergency bases, and 47 ambulances have been struck and damaged in the course of the US-Israeli assaults.

Two air ambulances and a sea ambulance have also suffered substantial damage.

Among health workers, 26 have been martyred and 118 injured. Of those wounded, 78 were on the field treating injured civilians.

The United States and Israel initiated an unprovoked military campaign against Iran on February 28, assassinating Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei and several high-ranking military commanders despite indirect Tehran-Washington negotiations on Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

The aggression has comprised a series of intensive strikes on both military installations and civilian facilities throughout Iran, causing significant casualties and widespread damage to infrastructure.

In response, Iranian Armed Forces carried out waves of retaliatory missile and drone operations against US interests across West Asia and Israeli positions in the occupied territories.

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