Three civilians, including two children, killed amid war in Iran

Hengaw – Monday, March 16, 2026

A Turkish schoolteacher, a 13-year-old Lor student, and a three-year-old child identified as Neda Amini Azar, Zeinab Papi, and Eilmah Bilki have died during the war following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes targeting military facilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Eilmah Bilki, a three-year-old child from the village of Langirat in the Zeydun district of Behbahan County in Khuzestan Province, died on Friday, March 13, one day after being injured during U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on the Kangir area of Sardasht-e Zeydun.

On the same day, Zeinab Papi, a 13-year-old student from Borujerd in Lorestan Province, also died after suffering injuries during the war and falling into a coma in recent days.

In a separate incident, Neda Amini Azar, a resident of Tabriz and a teacher in the public education system, died in hospital after succumbing to injuries sustained during U.S. and Israeli airstrikes targeting military and security facilities in the city.

Amini Azar had been injured on Thursday, March 5, while passing along Shahid Kassaei Highway in Tabriz when the force of the explosion and the resulting blast wave struck the area. She was transferred to a medical center and died a week later due to the severity of her injuries.