TEHRAN, June 24, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Iran said on Tuesday that at least 610 
civilians had been killed and more than 4,700 wounded in the Islamic republic 
since the start of the war with Israel on June 13.

"They are all civilians," health ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said, 
announcing the increase from the previously reported toll of more than 400 
dead and 3,056 wounded.

"Over the past 12 days, hospitals... have been confronted with extremely 
harrowing scenes," he wrote on social media platform X.

Those killed in the Israeli strikes included 13 children, the youngest of 
whom was two months old, the ministry said, as well as five doctors and 
rescue workers.

The ministry also said seven hospitals and nine ambulances had been damaged 
in the Israeli attacks.