Intl desk: Iran’s Health Ministry says US attacks on the country since July 6 have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 500.
Iran’s national water company says some 10,000 people across 20 villages are without water after overnight US attacks.
“Among those killed were 5 women and 2 children and teenagers under 18,” Hossein Kermanpour, head of the Health Ministry’s Public Relations and Information Center, said through US social media company X.
Those wounded included 32 women, as well as 18 children and teenagers, Kermanpour added. Tensions have heightened in the Middle East, where the US and Iran continue to exchange attacks.
The military escalation comes despite a Pakistan-brokered memorandum of understanding signed in June to end the war and reach a lasting peace agreement.
Iran’s army says it has hit US assets in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait following the latest round of US strikes. Kuwait says Iranian attacks have targeted two power and water plants.
Earlier, US Central Command said it had completed its seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran, employing “fighter aircraft, aerial drones and warships” to hit the country’s “surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities”.
Source: News Agencies
