The ministry's updated toll, reported Friday evening, raises the previous count of 55 dead and 629 wounded issued earlier in the day. The statement covers casualties from American airstrikes across Iran since June 27. The ministry did not provide a breakdown of military versus civilian casualties.
The Iranian Health Ministry updated its casualty toll from the ongoing US strikes, reporting 59 dead and 666 wounded as of Friday evening, up from 55 dead and 629 wounded reported earlier in the day. The earlier update, published by The Zioneer at 16:53, was the first revision of the day. The ministry has been issuing rolling tolls since the strikes began on June 27, with initial reports of 14 dead and 78 wounded on July 9 (The Zioneer, July 9). Subsequent updates on July 17 and 18 reported 38 dead and over 400 wounded, and then 50 dead and 500 wounded, respectively.
In a separate bulletin at 17:00 today, The Zioneer reported on broader military casualty estimates, with monitoring groups placing Iranian military deaths between 1,225 and 6,624. The US has reported 18 service members killed in the conflict. The health ministry's figures are official Iranian government claims and do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. The strikes have targeted military infrastructure across five provinces, according to earlier ministry statements.
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