Iran’s health ministry on Wednesday announced that 627 people have been martyred and 4,870 others injured in the Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.
Hossein Kermanpour, a spokesperson for the ministry, said the provinces of Tehran and Kermanshah have had the largest number of martyrs and injured. Khuzestan, Lorestan, Isfahan, Markazi, East Azerbaijan, Hamedan, Zanjan, and Gilan provinces are ranked 3rd to 10th in terms of the number of martyrs and injured.
According to Kermanpour, 86.1 percent of the martyrs lost their lives on the scene, and only 13.9 percent were martyred upon arrival at the hospital, which indicates the destructive intensity of the Israeli aggression.
The unprovoked aggression began in the early hours of June 13, when the regime launched a series of strikes across Tehran and other cities, leading to the assassination of many high-ranking commanders, nuclear scientists, as well as ordinary citizens.
The regime and its Western allies, notably the United States, falsely claimed the only targets in Iran were military and nuclear installations. Iran responded swiftly and with force, and launched Operation True Promise III, inflicting massive damage to the military-industrial infrastructure in the occupied territories.
On June 22nd, the U.S. military conducted strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, namely Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, using long-range bombers and submarine-launched cruise missiles.
Despite the scale of the U.S. assault, Washington’s assessment later revealed that the core nuclear infrastructure remained largely intact.
The following evening, Iran launched a missile strike on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest U.S. military air base in West Asia.
On Tuesday morning, the embattled Zionist regime was forced to unilaterally declare the cessation of its aggression in a deal brokered by Washington.
