In his message on X on Thursday, Esmaeil Baqaei highlighted that the American and Israeli aggressors have struck schools, hospitals, residential areas, cultural sites, and emergency medical facilities, deliberately inflicting maximum suffering on civilians.
“The elementary school in the city of Minab was just one of the first civilian locations targeted by American/Israeli Brutal aggression; many more have been attacked during the past 5 days,” the spokesman said.
Baqaei added, “Here is some of them: Residential areas in Niloufar Square, Tehran (over 20 innocent people were killed); A densely populated residential complex in Sanandaj, western Iran; The historic Radio Citadel and Golestan Palace, south of Tehran; Gandhi Hospital, Tehran; Tehran Grand Bazaar, Tehran; Abuzar Hospital, Ahvaz, southwestern Iran; The vicinity of the Iranian Red Crescent Society building, Tehran; Khatam al-Anbia Hospital, Tehran; The Welfare Organization, Tehran; Motahari Hospital, Tehran; Vali-Asr Hospital, Tehran; Trauma and Burn Hospital, Tehran; Ameneh Infant Care Centre, Tehran; Shahid Rajaei Heart Hospital, Tehran; Residential homes surrounding Sepah Square, Tehran; Residential areas in Maragheh, northwestern Iran (over 27 innocent people were killed); Baqaei Hospital, Ahvaz, southwestern Iran; Emergency medical base, Chabahar; Emergency medical base, Sarab, northwestern Iran; Emergency medical base, Hamedan, central Iran; Hazrat Abolfazl Hospital, Minab, southern Iran; Shahid Mahallati Primary School, Tehran; Hedayat School, Narmak, Tehran; A sports hall in Lamerd, Fars Province, southern Iran (18 innocent boys and girls were killed); 35 innocent people were killed in Fars Province, central Iran; Bazaar in Baharestan Square, central Tehran; A park for children in Tehran; Emergency medical centre, Tehran; A kindergarten in Narmak; Residential homes in Narmak district, Araghi st., Marzdaran blvd, Tehran; Arg Square, The historic Radio Citadel and Golestan Palace, south of Tehran; Attack on Mir-Damād Boulevard, causing damage to residential and medical facilities; Attack on 2 headquarters of the Diplomatic Police.”
According to Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs, funerals have already been held for 1,230 Iranians martyred in the attacks as of March 5, illustrating the grave humanitarian impact of the campaign.
The United States and Zionist regime have launched an unprovoked deadly military campaign against Iran following the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei as well as senior military commanders and civilians on February 28.
The Iranian Armed Forces have carried out harsh retaliatory strikes, hitting the US and Israeli targets in the occupied territories and the regional countries with a barrage of missiles and drones.