17 Dead and 115 Injured in US Attack on 6 Cities

According to a statement from the head of the Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health, U.S. airstrikes on six Iranian cities on July 8-9, 2026 resulted in 17 deaths and 115 injuries. Among the fatalities was one woman, and among the injured were two women. The strikes targeted six different regions across the country. The released report reflects the latest casualty figures received from the attacks.

• The head of the Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health is the official source of information regarding casualty and injury statistics from these attacks.
• A total of 17 deaths have been recorded in these attacks, one of whom was a woman.
• The total number of injured from the attacks is reported at 115 people, two of whom were women.
• U.S. airstrikes against six different Iranian cities took place over two consecutive days (July 8-9).
• The BBC cited Hossein Kermanpur as the head of the Ministry of Health's information center.
• The Public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health presented the stated figures as the latest reports received regarding casualties.. Coverage difference: All media outlets covering the story reported the casualty and injury figures identically, with no discrepancies noted. The BBC demonstrated greater precision in attribution by directly quoting the figures "17 people" and "115 people" in quotation marks, whereas many domestic media outlets simply republished the Ministry of Health's statement.