Two days of US airstrikes on Iran killed 14, wounded 78

At least 14 people were killed and another 78 wounded by U.S. strikes on five provinces of Iran over the past two days, Iran’s Health Ministry said Thursday.

Writing on X, the U.S.-based social media platform, Hossein Kermanpour, who directs the ministry’s Public Relations and Information Center, said the United States had carried out attacks on five Iranian provinces on July 8 and 9, and that the death toll so far stood at 14, with 78 injured.

The ministry said 47 of those hurt are still in hospital, with the rest released after treatment.