Iran reports 3,468 deaths in war with US, Israel: Official

Tehran: Iran's state-run Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs said on Saturday that the war with the US and Israel had killed more than 3,400 people in the country. The announcement came during a two-week ceasefire in the conflict, which began in late February with US-Israeli strikes on Tehran.

Foundation chief Ahmad Mousavi, quoted by ISNA news agency, said 3,468 "martyrs" had died in the recent conflict.

A previous toll issued on April 12 by Iran's Legal Medicine Organization had put the death count at 3,375.


US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency said on April 7 that at least 3,636 people had been killed, including 1,701 civilians - among them at least 254 children - as well as 1,221 military personnel.