Death toll rises to 78, with 329 injured across Tehran and other cities

(Web Desk): Israel’s airstrikes on Iran have resulted in the deaths of senior military officials, nuclear scientists, and civilians, with over 300 people reported injured.
According to Iranian media, the highest number of casualties occurred in Tehran, where Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear, military, and strategic installations. The death toll across Tehran and other cities has risen to 78, while 329 people are reported injured, many of them in critical condition—raising fears that the death toll may climb further. Meanwhile, Israel has threatened additional strikes.
Iran’s semi-official Nour News reported that the Israeli attacks constitute the most intense bombardment on Iranian soil in decades. Fars News Agency confirmed that the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Major General Hossein Salami, was killed in an attack on the central IRGC headquarters in Tehran.
Among the other high-profile casualties are Iranian Army Deputy Commander General Gholam Ali Rashid and prominent nuclear scientists Fereydoon Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi.
Israel also targeted the Ahmad Reza Roshan nuclear facility in Natanz, where Professor Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari was killed. Additionally, Ali Shamkhani, senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was critically injured and has been hospitalized.
The Israeli military stated that the airstrikes destroyed dozens of Iranian surface-to-surface missile launchers, warehouses, and key military installations. According to Israel’s Channel 12, airstrikes also hit Mehrabad Airport in Tehran and Bushehr Airport, both of which are used by the Iranian Air Force.
The cities of Tabriz in the northwest and Kermanshah in the southwest were also within the range of the Israeli strikes.
WhatsApp introduces new feature to show how many people are typing in group chats
- 6 hours ago
Frontier Constabulary to become countrywide force under new ordinance
- 3 hours ago

Emergency vaccination reduced deaths by nearly 60% during epidemics, study finds
- 5 hours ago
Kim Jong-un offers full support to Russia in Ukraine war
- 5 hours ago

Wildlife force deployed as no-bird zones enforced near Lahore airport
- 8 hours ago
Iran confirms assassination attempt on President Pezeshkian amid Israeli airstrikes
- 7 hours ago

Sindh police give 10-day deadline to personnel to quit gutka, mawa use
- 6 hours ago

High risk near rivers as Tarbela spillways open today
- 7 hours ago
Rawalpindi to Multan bus meets accident; 5 in critical condition
- 8 hours ago

PTI expels five lawmakers for defying party policy
- 3 hours ago

Indian drone strike kills 3 separatist leaders in Myanmar
- 3 hours ago
Karachi police bust betel nut smuggling hidden in cement sacks
- 3 hours ago