Civilian Casualties

Iran’s Zarif:

US economic terrorism has mainly targeted civilians

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Fri. that US economic terrorism waged against Iran and other countries has mainly targeted civilians.
2019-09-06 15:00
Monsoon floods in India kill at least 100, displace thousands

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Floods have killed at least 100 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across much of India since Thursday, according to authorities.
2019-08-11 12:10
VIDEO: 2 dead in accident at India’s Ahmedabad amusement park

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) –Two people died and 27 others were injured in a terrible accident at an amusement park in India's Ahmedabad on Sunday. A ride carrying around 30 people in the Kankaria Amusement Park collapsed after a pipe of the main shaft broke.
2019-07-16 12:19
VIDEO: Five injured during San Fermin festival in Spain

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – At least five people have been injured during the first bull run at the annual San Fermín festival in Pamplona which takes places every July 6-14 for nine days.
2019-07-09 13:03
At least 65 killed, wounded in powerful blast in Kabul

TEHRAN, Jul. 01 (MNA) – At least 65 people were killed and wounded when a bomb-laden truck rocked Kabul on Monday, sending a plume of smoke into the air above the Puli Mahmood Khan neighborhood of the Afghan capital. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
2019-07-01 14:43
Child casualties in Yemen at 27 in just over 10 days: UNICEF

TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) – "Friday attack in Taiz leaves 7 children dead, bringing to 27 the number of children killed and injured in a recent escalation of violence near Sanaa and in Taiz over the past 10 days," UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore announced in an statement.
2019-05-27 11:46
VIDEO: Iran urges UNSC to put aside ‘political considerations’, be more serious in protecting civilians

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – “The Council can show its seriousness in protecting civilians – which is a legal obligation and a moral imperative as well –, by putting an end to a policy based on political considerations,” Iranian Ambassador to UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said on Thursday while addressing the Thursday meeting of the United Nations Security Council on ‘Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict’ in New York. Here is his full speech as broadcasted by UN Web TV.
2019-05-24 14:49
Iran censures UNSC for being silent towards killing of civilians

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Iranian Ambassador to UN, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, criticized the United Nations Security Council silence in face of the killing of civilians in different regions of the world, especially in the Middle East.
2019-05-24 11:25
VIDEO: At least 6 killed in Saudi airstrikes on Yemen

TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA) – At least six civilians, including children, have been killed and dozens of others wounded in multiple airstrikes by a Saudi Arabian-led coalition on various neighborhoods of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a on Thursday.
2019-05-16 18:21
Over 60 civilians killed, injured by coalition airstrike in Deir Ezzor

DEIR EZZOR, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Over 60 civilians have been killed or injured by a US-led coalition airstrike on Syria's eastern province of Deir Ezzor, Syrian SANA news agency reported.
2018-11-13 10:51
Exact number of Ahvaz terror victims is 24: official

TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – Ahvaz governor Jamal Alami Neysi said that there was a mistake in the counting of victims and 24 is the exact number of martyrs of Ahvaz terror attack.
2018-09-23 18:08
Iran condemns S Arabia's bombing of Yemen displaced women, children

TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi categorically condemned the Saudi-Emirati attack on a camp of internally displaced families near Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeida on Thursday.
2018-08-24 17:21
5.8 quake injures 95 in southern Kerman province

TEHRAN, Jul. 23 (MNA) – A 5.8 magnitude earthquake stuck the Sirch in Iranian southern Province of Kerman, injuring at least 95 people and damaging people’s houses and properties, a day after two other strong quakes in west and south of the country.
2018-07-23 11:17
Putin:

Terrorist organizations bear responsibility for civilian casualties in Syria

MOSCOW, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that terrorist organizations in Syria bear responsibility for civilian casualties.
2018-07-17 15:38
Iran condemns all attacks taken place against civilians

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – Iran’s Permanent Envoy to the United Nations Gholam-Ali Khoshroo condemned in a statement all the attacks that have taken place against civilians, including medical and humanitarian staff throughout the world, especially in Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria.
2018-05-22 22:57
Saudi-led airstrike kills at least 15 civilians

TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – MNA Correspondent in Yemen called Tehran on Monday reporting that a new Saudi airstrike has claimed the lives of at least 15 members of a family and injured around 5 other civilians.
2018-04-09 19:42
Syrian airbase in Homs hit by missile attack

HOMS, Apr. 09 (MNA) – A T-4 airbase in the Syrian province of Homs has been hit by a missile strike, local media reported, suspecting the United States. However, Pentagon did not confirm the reports of involvement.
2018-04-09 09:51
More than 40k persons return homes in Eastern Ghouta

DAMASCUS, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Thousands of civilians returned homes in the villages and towns of eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside after the Syrian Arab Army restored security and stability to them and eradicated the Takfiri terrorist organizations from them.
2018-04-03 15:04
Zarif, Red Cross chief discuss humanitarian crises in Syria, Yemen

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – During a meeting on Sunday in Tehran, Peter Maurer ICRC’s President and Mohammad Javad Zarif Iranian Minister of Foreign affairs called for an immediate halt to war in Yemen.
2018-03-11 18:39
Dozens civilians killed in US-led coalition’s strikes in Syria

TEHRAN, Feb. 26 (MNA) – Air strikes conducted by the US-led coalition on settlements in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province have killed 29 civilians, local media reported citing sources.
2018-02-26 08:48
Turkey continues aggression on Afrin as civilian casualties rise

ALEPPO, Feb. 10 (MNA) – The total number of civilian casualties from the Turkish regime’s continued aggression on Afrin area has risen.
2018-02-10 09:37
Quake casualties rise to 2 dead, 115 injured

TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – Two people were killed and 115 reported as injured in the earthquake of 5.2 magnitude that struck Tehran and Alborz Wed. night, according to latest report by Emergency Operation Center.
2017-12-21 15:28
VIDEO: Earthquake devastation in Kermanshah

KERMANSHAH, Nov. 13 (MNA) – A 7.3 Richter earthquake on Iran-Iraq border Sun. night devastatingly hit western parts of Iran, particularly Kermanshah province, leaving at least 207 people dead and 1700 others injured.
2017-11-13 10:39
35 Houthi fighters killed by govt. forces within 24 hours

ADEN, Nov. 04 (MNA) – Up to 35 fighters of the Shia Houthi group were killed and 19 others wounded during intense gun battles with pro-government Yemeni forces across the southwestern province of Taiz within one day, a military commander told Xinhua.
2017-11-05 10:46
Iran condemns Saudi bombardment of civilians in Yemen

TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi condemned Saudi Wednesday bombardment of a market in Yemen which has claimed the lives of at least 29 civilians.
2017-11-01 19:13
Russian MoD:

US carpet-bombings of Raqqa leave thousands of civilian casualties

MOSCOW, Oct. 15 (MNA) – Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the United States carpet-bombing of residential neighborhoods in Raqqa city left thousands of civilians casualties and damaged infrastructure and water sources in the city.
2017-10-15 14:10
Powerful magnitude 7.1 quake rattles Mexico City

TEHRAN, Sep. 20 (MNA) – A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City on Tuesday, killing more than 200 people and causing widespread panic.
2017-09-20 13:55
Protest in al-Sfeira condemning US-led coalition’s massacres against civilians

ALEPPO, Sep. 19 (MNA) – Locals in al-Sfeira city in the eastern countryside of Aleppo staged on Monday a protest to denounce the massacres of the US-led international coalition that caused the death and injury of hundreds of civilians in Raqqa, Aleppo, Deir Ezzor and Hasaka.
2017-09-19 10:06
By: Maryam Azish

War crime in Mirza Olang

TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Taliban militants who were removed from power following the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan stepped up activities in recent months attempting to overrun several regions, conducting terrorist attacks across the country, killing and displacing civilians.
2017-08-28 11:23
Amnesty Intl. calls on UN to probe Saudi coalition crimes in Yemen

MOSCOW, Aug. 26 (MNA) – Amnesty International called on the United Nations to examine alleged crimes committed by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.
2017-08-26 08:56