Iran says latest US strikes wound over 260 people

More than 260 people have been injured in the latest US attacks on Iran, according to the Iranian Health Ministry.

Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said on X that 262 people were wounded in the strikes, Caliber.Az reports, citing foreign media.

در موج #جنگ‌افروزی جدید علیه کشورمان #ایران، تا کنون بیش از ۲۶۰ نفر مجروح که ۳ نفر زن و ۶ نفر هم زیر ۱۸ سال هستند. متاسفانه در میان شهدا ۲ نفر از خانم هستند.۲۲۲ نفر از مجروحین، درمان و ترخیص شدند. برای سلامتی عزیزان بستری دعا کنیم.#دولت_پای_کار_مردم

— حسین کرمانپور Hossein.Kermanpour (@HKermanpour) July 15, 2026

Of those, 222 have received medical treatment and been discharged from hospital.

He added that three of the injured were under the age of 18 and said at least two people had been killed.

The casualty figures have not been independently verified.

The latest strikes came after US forces said they had targeted dozens of sites across Iran and reimposed a naval blockade on the country's ports, as the escalation between Washington and Tehran entered its fifth day.

By Aghakazim Guliyev