More than 125,000 civilian facilities have been damaged or destroyed in the US-Israeli attacks across Iran, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said on Friday.
Pir-Hossein Kolivand told Iranian state television that around 100,000 homes and at least 23,500 shops were hit during the five-week conflict.
A two-week ceasefire is currently in force, although there are fears the truce could break down over Israel's ongoing attacks in Lebanon.
In addition to residential and commercial areas, numerous other civilian facilities were also hit during the conflict, Kolivand said.
Around 339 medical facilities such as hospitals, pharmacies, emergency centers and laboratories were damaged in the airstrikes, he said.
Furthermore, 32 universities were hit while 857 buildings belonging to schools and other educational institutions were specifically targeted, Kolivand stated.
Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East in the Iran war, which began when the US and Israel struck Iran on February 28.
Those strikes triggered Iranian attacks on Israel, US bases in the Gulf states, while opening a new front in Lebanon.
More than 3,000 people were killed throughout Iran during the war, Iran's forensic chief told state media on Thursday.
US-based rights group HRANA said 3,636 people have been killed since the war erupted. It said 1,701 of those were civilians, including at least 254 children.
The group said it will stop publishing daily reports on attacks and casualties amid the “change in the situation on the ground and the uncertainty surrounding whether the ceasefire will hold or collapse.”
The Iranian military said at least 104 people were killed in a US attack on an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka on March 4.
In return, missiles launched from Iran and Lebanon have killed 23 people in Israel, according to Israel's ambulance service. The Israeli army said 12 of its soldiers have also been killed in southern Lebanon.
Separately, Israeli forces misfired and killed an Israeli farmer near the border with Lebanon on March 22.
Earlier, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that 13 US service members have been killed and over 300 wounded since the start of the conflict with Iran on February 28.
It also classified six Air Force deaths as “non-hostile,” the crew of a KC-135 refueling aircraft who died in Iraq while supporting air operations.
Turkish Aid Convoy
Meanwhile, the Red Cross and Türkiye’s Red Crescent on Friday dispatched an emergency humanitarian aid convoy from Türkiye to Iran, as the organization warned of a “desperate” humanitarian situation in the country.
“Humanitarian needs in Iran are extremely high,” International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) spokesperson Scott Craig told AFP shortly before the convoy departed from the outskirts of Ankara.
“The humanitarian situation in Iran is desperate,” Craig said. “Needs will change according to how the situation evolves. But the needs will remain critical for a very long time. The health system in the country has been destroyed.”
He added that large-scale damage to infrastructure had compounded the crisis, with severe psychological and mental health impacts on the population.
The convoy includes around 200 trauma kits containing emergency medical supplies for bombing casualties.
The Turkish Red Crescent has also sent four trucks carrying 48 tons of aid, including emergency shelters for displaced families, hygiene kits and first-aid supplies.
The vehicles bear the message “Humanitarian aid from the Turkish people to the brotherly people of Iran,” an AFP journalist observed at the scene.
Craig said the shipment represents “one of the first international humanitarian aid deliveries into Iran since the conflict began,” adding that global supply chain disruptions, especially to maritime routes, have complicated procurement and transport efforts.
“Sending them overland from Türkiye is a really innovative way of being able to move assistance into the country,” he said.
According to Turkish Red Crescent president Fatma Meric Yilmaz, roughly 3.6 percent of Iran’s 90 million people have been displaced, while 62,000 homes and more than 20,000 businesses have been destroyed.
She said the Iranian Red Crescent had also suffered “severe” losses, with 17 of its centers and nearly 100 ambulances damaged.
The convoy is expected to reach Tehran within 48 hours, after which supplies will be distributed to centers hosting displaced people, Turkish
Red Crescent official Alper Kucuk told AFP.
Iran-Linked Sips Cross Hormuz
Also, most vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz in the past day are linked to Iran, according to ship tracking data.
The majority of ships that have sailed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past day were linked to Iran, ship tracking data showed on Friday, with other vessels putting off making voyages despite a two-week ceasefire agreed this week between Tehran and Washington, according to data and shipping sources.
Three tankers – a crude supertanker that can carry 2 million barrels of oil, a bunkering tanker and smaller oil ship – all left Iranian waters in the past 24 hours, based on separate data analysis from Kpler and Lloyd’s List Intelligence platforms.
