Iran's Health Ministry stated Thursday that American strikes over the past two days targeted five provinces, killing 14 people and wounding 78, according to the official toll. The announcement provides a geographic scope to the casualty figures the ministry released earlier.
Iran's Health Ministry has now specified that the American strikes over the past two days targeted five provinces, killing 14 people and wounding 78, according to the official toll. The announcement expands on the ministry's earlier figures, which gave the same casualty numbers but did not identify the provinces hit.
At 00:04 Jerusalem, Iranian state television reported that eight military personnel were killed in the southern ports of Bandar Abbas and Bushehr in strikes on Wednesday. At 06:54, Iranian media reported three killed in a strike on Ahvaz. By 09:33, the Health Ministry had issued its initial toll of 14 dead and 78 wounded across the country, without specifying provinces. At 09:43, The Zioneer reported the ministry's figures with the five-province scope. Later, at 11:38, the US military said it struck more than 90 targets on the second consecutive night of operations, including air defense systems, missile and drone storage sites, and naval capabilities.
The strikes are part of a US campaign against Iranian military infrastructure, described by American officials as a response to Iranian provocations. The operation has continued for several days, with targets across multiple provinces.
The Health Ministry did not identify which provinces were hit, and the casualty figures remain unverified by independent sources. It is unclear whether the toll includes combatants or civilians, and whether additional sites were struck beyond those reported by the ministry.
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