Five civilians, including two women and two children, killed during ongoing war

Hengaw – Sunday, March 15, 2026

Five civilians, including three Kurds, two women, and two children aged 2 and 15, were killed during airstrikes carried out by U.S. and Israeli warplanes targeting Iranian military and security facilities in the cities of Tehran, Bukan, and Ravansar.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Soma Salimi, a Kurdish woman from Bukan, was killed during the bombing of Resalat Square in Tehran by U.S. and Israeli warplanes, on Monday, March 9, 2026. Seven days after the incident, her body has still not been recovered from beneath the rubble of her home.

Salimi held a bachelor’s degree in general psychology and a master’s degree in psychology of exceptional children. She also worked as an instructor for children with autism at the Afarinesh Cultural Center.

In another incident, two-year-old Abra Zherfi and his mother Faezeh Reyhani were killed during recent airstrikes by U.S. and Israeli warplanes in the Moniriyeh district of Tehran.

On Saturday, March 14, 2026, Kian Moradi, a 15-year-old Kurdish boy from Ravansar, died from injuries he had sustained during airstrikes conducted on March 1 targeting security and military centers of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the city. He died after 13 days of hospitalization due to the severity of his injuries.

In a separate case, a Kurdish civilian identified as Qarni (Siavash) Sharifipour, from Hajiabad village in Bukan, was killed during the bombing of the Qarehmusalian military base on the Bukan–Miandoab road.