TEHRAN, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have killed 226 women as well as 204 children, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday, citing Fatemeh Mohajerani, a government spokesperson.
Mohajerani said that 17 medical workers and 206 teachers and students were killed in the strikes, according to the report.
She added that more than 61,000 civilian facilities in Iran have been damaged since the start of the conflict, including over 18,000 residential and commercial units in the Iranian capital Tehran, the report said.
The development came amid heightened tensions following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting on Feb. 28, to which Iran and its regional allies responded with attacks on Israeli and U.S. interests across the Middle East. ■
