Afghanistan, April 3 -- Iran's Health Ministry says the death toll from joint U.S. and Israeli attacks across the country has risen to 2,076, with 26,500 people wounded since the war began in late February. The figures, released on Thursday, mark one of the deadliest official toll updates issued by Tehran since the conflict escalated.
Iranian officials said the casualties were recorded from February 26 onward, as repeated strikes hit multiple provinces and key infrastructure sites. The scale of the toll points to the widening humanitarian impact of the conflict, which has increasingly affected civilians as well as strategic and military-linked areas.
At the same time, Iran's Foreign Ministry said that more than 600 schools and educational...