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Echoes From Iran
The US-Israeli War on Iran — An Ongoing Record
February 28, 2026 – present
This war is ongoing — day 140. The April 8 ceasefire collapsed.
The two-week ceasefire agreed on 8 April never held. Iran refused to reopen the Strait of Hormuz; the United States imposed a naval blockade five days later. A 60-day framework was signed at Versailles on 17 June. On 8 July it was declared over. The strikes have not stopped since.
What is catalogued here: strikes on schools and universities, hospitals, UNESCO World Heritage sites, oil and gas, steel, nuclear facilities, military sites, civilian neighbourhoods, and the blockade and shipping war — with the officials and civilians killed.
Where sources disagree, the range is given, not the largest number. Every entry is cited, and reporting from openly aligned or independent outlets is labelled as such rather than presented as wire copy.
Compiled from English, Farsi and international sources, including Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera, Sky News, BBC Verify, CNN, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, HRANA, Hengaw, Bellingcat, Tasnim, Mehr, ACLED, Lloyd's List, UNESCO, UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, OCHA, OHCHR, the IMO and Wikipedia.
If you have additional verified reports or evidence not covered in this record, please contact the author.
Visual Data Summary
Documented attacks by category
Count of distinct confirmed incidents per category
Distribution of attacks by city
Geographic breakdown of confirmed strikes
Geographic map of confirmed strikes
Each marker is a city, sized by its number of confirmed incidents. Hover for the category breakdown; click a category below to filter.
Timeline of attacks — cumulative
Each step upward = a day with at least one confirmed strike. X-axis = days since Feb 28. Shaded bands mark the three phases of the war: the opening offensive, the ceasefire that never held, and the July re-escalation.
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Key Incidents
- Feb 28 Schools Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary School, Minab: IHL-Protected Struck three times between 10:23 and 10:45 a.m. on the first morning of the war. After the first missile hit, the principal moved students into a prayer room, which the second strike then hit, killing most of those sheltering inside. 156 people were killed in total (Minab prosecutor, 9 April): 120 students, 26 teachers (all women), 7 parents, a school bus driver, a pharmacy technician, and a six-month-old fetus. Sky News independently verified 146 of the dead by name — the 120 students, aged 6–13, and their 26 teachers. Contrary to widespread early reporting of a girls' school, the majority killed were boys (73 boys, 47 girls). Human Rights Watch verified the attack using 14 videos, photographs, and satellite imagery and called for it to be investigated as a war crime; Bellingcat, BBC Verify, Amnesty International, the NYT, NPR and CBC separately identified US Tomahawk missiles and concluded US responsibility. [Sky News investigation; Human Rights Watch, Mar 7; BBC Verify; Bellingcat]
- Mar 1 Hospitals Gandhi Hospital, Tehran: IHL-Protected Suffered extensive damage the day after the war began. The World Health Organization described the incident as 'extremely worrying' regarding the safety of healthcare workers and patients. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
- Mar 2–5 Heritage Golestan Palace (UNESCO), Tehran: IHL-Protected Airstrikes on the nearby Pasteur district and Arag Square caused debris and shockwave damage to the 19th-century Qajar-era palace facade and mirrored ceilings. UNESCO confirmed the damage and issued a formal statement that attacking UNESCO-listed property violates international law. [PBS / AP]
- Mar 7–8 Energy Tehran & Karaj Fuel Depots: Civilian Multiple storage complexes were struck: the Aghdasieh oil warehouse (NE Tehran), the Shahran oil depot (North Tehran), and a refinery in southern Tehran. The attacks produced a massive toxic smoke cloud over the capital for days. [Wikipedia – South Pars attack]
- Mar 26 Industry Foolad Atieh (Asia Steel): Civilian Struck one day before the coordinated industrial wave. One worker was killed and two others were injured. [Compiled from regional reports]
- Mar 12 Nuclear Targeted killing of nuclear scientists: Civilian Israeli officials claimed that 'top Iranian nuclear scientists' were killed in targeted strikes, intended to halt the underground movement of nuclear and ballistic programs. [Compiled from news agencies]
- Feb 28 Military Leadership House Compound, Tehran: Military The opening attack targeted the Leadership House, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior officials including Ali Shamkhani and General Abdolrahim Mousavi. [Wikipedia]
- Mar 1 Civilian Residential buildings across Tehran: Civilian Urban strikes caused widespread damage to civilian neighborhoods. The Iranian Red Crescent reported that within the first week, 5,535 residential units had been hit. [Al Jazeera, Mar 5]
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