TEHRAN, July 11 (HS/RIA Novosti) - The number of victims of the latest US strikes on Iran has increased to 17 with more than 100 people being injured, Hossein Kermanpour, head of the press service of the Iranian Ministry of Health, said.
Earlier, Kermanpour said that 14 had died and 78 others had been injured.
During the air attacks on six cities of the country on July 8-9, 115 people were injured, among them two women. Fourteen operations were performed, 102 people received medical care and were discharged. Unfortunately, 17 compatriots died, one of them a woman, Kermanpour said on X late Friday.
Overnight into Wednesday, the US forces launched a series of strikes on Iran. The US Central Command claimed the move was in retaliation for Iran's actions against commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian forces reported retaliatory strikes on US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, while Tehran accused Washington of breaking the memorandum on the cessation of hostilities.
US President Donald Trump later said that the ceasefire between the United States and the Islamic Republic was no longer valid. On Wednesday evening, the United States carried out another round of strikes.
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