ALBAWABA - Iran's Health Ministry announced that more than 400 children and women have been killed since the start of the regional war three weeks ago.
According to a statement by the ministry, 203 children and 223 women were killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran since Feb. 28. The Fars news agency detailed that 12 of the killed children were below the age of 5.
UNICEF revealed its deep concern about the deadly impact the ongoing military escalation in Iran is having on children after the killing of 168 girls in a strike at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, in southern Iran.
This picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency shows the site of a strike on a girls' school in Minab, in Iran's southern Hormozgan province, on February 28, 2026. Photo by ALI NAJAFI / ISNA / AFP
In addition, Iranian Red Crescent said that 18,180 residential and commercial units were damaged in Tehran as the war entered its third week.
Nonetheless, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi threatened to strike American companies' facilities in the region if its energy sites are attacked.
At least 153 health facilities have been damaged across Iran, according to the Tasnim news agency. In these attacks, 10 people were killed, and 248 others were wounded, treated and discharged
