Iran's Health Ministry announced Friday that at least 38 people have been killed and more than 400 wounded since the resumption of US military operations against Iran, according to the ministry. The figures could not be independently verified.
Iran's Health Ministry announced on Friday morning that at least 38 people have been killed and more than 400 wounded since the resumption of US strikes against Iran. The new toll marks an increase from the previous official count of 35 dead and 300 wounded, which the ministry reported on July 15, as The Zioneer reported at the time. The figure has not been independently verified.
The thread of reporting on the casualty toll began on July 15, when Iranian opposition channels first reported an attack on the 388th Infantry Brigade base in Bampur County, southeastern Iran. Within hours, The Zioneer published a series of updates: unverified claims of 10 soldiers killed, then a report of dozens killed, followed by the first official ministry tally of 35 dead and 300 wounded, with Abu Ali Express specifying that seven of the dead were soldiers killed at the Bampur base. The latest update from the ministry raises the death toll to 38 and the wounded to over 400, without specifying new locations or the proportion of civilians versus combatants.
The US airstrikes against Iranian military targets resumed after a period of relative calm. The White House stated on Thursday, July 16, that Iran continues to engage in talks with the United States even as it suffers heavy blows, as The Zioneer reported. The initial official toll from the early phase of the strikes, on July 9, was 14 killed and 78 wounded across five provinces.
The updated figures remain a single-source report from the Iranian Health Ministry. The United States has not commented on the new toll. The ministry has not provided a breakdown of deaths by location or by combatant status, and the numbers have not been independently confirmed.
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