Fatemeh Mohajerani, the Iranian government spokesperson, said Tuesday night that 350 government employees have been killed during the war, specifying that among the dead were engineers working on mobile antennas to maintain public communications and power grid workers who kept electricity supply running. The statement, reported via state-aligned channels, adds detail to earlier admissions of high official casualties.
The Iranian government's top spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, went further than previous official statements Tuesday night, specifying that 350 government employees — including cell tower engineers and power grid workers — have been killed during the war with the United States. The breakdown marks a departure from earlier government casualty reports that grouped victims more broadly.
The admission follows a similar but less detailed report earlier Tuesday (18:19 Jerusalem) that The Zioneer covered, in which Mohajerani was said to have acknowledged 350 officials killed in the line of duty. Tuesday's statement provides occupational specifics, naming engineers who maintained mobile communications and electricity workers who kept the grid running — suggesting the toll on Iran's civilian infrastructure and administrative capacity.
The new statement comes amid a broader pattern of Iranian officials incrementally acknowledging the human cost of the conflict. As The Zioneer reported, earlier this week the spokesperson for the Iranian parliament's energy committee stated that about 4,000 MW of power generation capacity had been lost due to the war, attributing blackouts in southern Iran to that damage. The war has also seen heavy military casualties: independent monitoring groups HRANA and Hengaw have estimated Iranian military losses between 1,225 and 6,624, while Iran officially reports 3,375 total deaths. The Pentagon, as of Monday, reported 22 U.S. service members killed and 764 wounded.
The specific number of 350 government employees remains unverified by independent sources, as do the occupational details. The Iranian government has historically used casualty figures as part of its information campaigns, and the Zioneer notes that the new details may serve to frame the conflict's impact on the regime's internal infrastructure.
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- StrongIranian Health Ministry: 50 killed, 500 wounded in attacks; 28 surgeries performed on injured
- StrongIranian Health Ministry Spokesperson Confirms 38 Dead, Over 400 Wounded in US Strikes
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