Iran death toll 555 as US and Israel escalate strikes
Mar 2nd 2026
At least 555 people have been killed after a fresh wave of US and Israeli strikes across Iran, officials say, as Iran carries out retaliatory attacks on Israel, US assets and Gulf states on 2 March 2026.
- Iranian Red Crescent reports at least 555 dead after a new wave of US and Israeli strikes across Iran.
- State media say a girls school strike in Minab killed 180 people, and multiple residential areas were hit in Tehran, Fars and Sanandaj.
- Iran says US and Israeli forces struck the Natanz nuclear site, a claim neither the US nor Israel has publicly confirmed.
- Iran has launched retaliatory missile and drone strikes against Israel, US assets and several Gulf states, with Israeli authorities reporting casualties including nine dead in Beit Shemesh.
- Hospitals, emergency services buildings and other civilian infrastructure have been damaged and air defenses in the region are actively intercepting incoming projectiles.