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Iranian firefighters clear rubble from a destroyed residential building in northern Tehran on March 23, 2026. File photo: AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Fifty civilians were killed in Iran’s Kurdish province of Kermanshah during the recent 40-day war, local officials said Sunday, as the country continues to assess the human toll of the conflict with the United States and Israel.
Mohammad Bahrami, director general of the provincial martyrs foundation, said in a press conference that “as a result of recent US and Israeli attacks on Iran, nearly 50 civilian citizens of our province have been martyred.” Bahrami noted that the victims included 20 women and 30 men, 12 of whom were under the age of 18, including two girls and 10 boys.
The US and Israeli military offensive against Iran began on February 28 and lasted 40 days before a fragile ceasefire was reached. A two-week truce between Tehran and Washington was announced on April 8 through mediation by Pakistan and was later extended unilaterally by US President Donald Trump on April 21.
During the war, the US and Israel targeted around 17,000 military and energy sites across Iran. Strikes also hit military sites in the country’s western Kurdish areas. Iran and its allied groups responded by launching thousands of drones and missiles at neighboring countries.
The casualties in Kermanshah form part of a broader national toll. Jamshid Nazmi of Iran’s Martyrs Foundation said Sunday that 3,468 people were killed during six weeks of war, including 1,460 civilians, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.
However, Hengaw, a Kurdish human rights organization that monitors violations across Iran - particularly in Kurdish-populated western regions known as Rojhelat - reported that 7,650 people were killed during the war, including 1,030 civilians.
“Since the beginning of the war, a crisis committee was formed within the provincial Martyrs Foundation involving five specialist groups to quickly and accurately follow up on the affairs and problems of the victims' families,” Bahrami stated.
Bahrami also referenced an earlier round of hostilities, stating that during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, 64 people in Kermanshah province were killed due to Israeli missile strikes and bombardments.
That earlier conflict began on June 13, 2025, when Israel launched attacks on Iran, followed by US strikes on three of Iran’s primary nuclear facilities. A ceasefire was declared on June 24, bringing the short but intense war to an end.
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