Hengaw special report on the third day of the war between Iran and Israel: 300 military personnel, 14 children, and 18 women killed

Based on statistics obtained and verified by Hengaw from credible sources and field informants, at least 49 civilians have been identified as killed during the first three days of the war between Iran and Israel, in direct Israeli attacks on Iran.

The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights also confirms the deaths of at least 14 children and 18  women among the casualties of this war. Additionally, through precise data verification, Hengaw has found that at least 300 members of the army, the IRGC, law enforcement, the Basij, as well as nuclear scientists, elites, and employees of institutions affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been killed across Iran.

The direct war between the then-government of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran began at dawn on Friday, June 13, 2025, with direct Israeli strikes on Iran. So far, at least 14 Israelis have also been killed in Iranian missile attacks.

Hengaw has verified the identity of 98 killed military personnel

Iran’s armed forces have sustained the highest number of casualties in the provinces of Tehran, East Azerbaijan, Kermanshah (Kermashan), Lorestan, and Hamadan.In both Kermanshah and East Azerbaijan, more than 40 government forces have been killed due to drone, missile, and fighter jet strikes by the Israeli military. Reported deaths include:
14 in Lorestan
14 in West Azerbaijan (Urmia)
10 in Hamadan

Tehran Province has been the main target of Israeli attacks. Based on Hengaw’s statistics, nearly 150 military personnel have been killed in this province. So far, the identities of 40 of them have been verified, including: 
8 senior IRGC commanders
10 nuclear scientists
2 government-affiliated elites connected to the IRGC

Military deaths have also been recorded in the provinces of Alborz, Markazi, Qom, Qazvin, Zanjan, and Khuzestan.
 

14 children confirmed among the dead

Based on Hengaw’s data, at least 14 children have been killed in Israeli military attacks on Tehran, including two infants aged 2 months and 7 months. Of these:
8 were girls
6 were boys
The oldest was 15 years old

At least 7 of the killed children were family members of IRGC commanders and personnel, killed during the attack on Chamran Residential Complex.

Names of the killed children:
    1.    Rayan Ghasemian – 2 months old
    2.    Zahra Zakarian Amiri – 7 months old
    3.    Amir Ali Amini – 12 years old
    4.    Parham Abbasi – 15 years old
    5.    Fatemeh Zakarian Amiri – 5 years old
    6.    Baran Ashrafi
    7.    Mahya Nikzad – 7 years old
    8.    Soheil Katouli – 11 years old
    9.    Motahareh – 11 years old
    10.    Daughter of Alireza Zeini
    11.    Second daughter of Alireza Zeini
    12.    Son of Abolfazl Niyazmand
    13.    Daughter of Abolfazl Niyazmand
    14.    Second daughter of Abolfazl Niyazmand

18 women killed in the first three days of the conflict

According to Hengaw’s statistics, 17 women have been identified among the killed, all of whom died in Tehran. Two of the women, Fatemeh Bagheri and Elham Farahmand, were members of the IRGC. Additionally, seven women were family members of military commanders and IRGC personnel.

49 civilian deaths cerified by Hengaw

According to the report, the identities of 49 civilians killed have been verified, 18 of whom belonged to families of IRGC commanders and personnel. The victims also include:
2 fire department employees
1 welfare department employee
1 radio station employee
1 Red Crescent employee
1 political activist
4 athletes

Among the 49 civilians, 18   were women and 14 were children under the age of 18.

Hengaw has obtained information indicating that the Islamic Republic of Iran intends to present some of its military casualties as elites, athletes, or cultural figures. Hengaw calls on human rights organizations, Iranian civil society, and Persian-language media abroad to refrain from uncritical repetition of state media claims regarding civilian casualty statistics.

The Hengaw Organization for  Human Rights condemns the killing of civilians and the intensifying military confrontation between Iran and Israel. Hengaw calls on the international community not to overlook the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran amid the news of this war.

Escalated repression and executions of political prisoners during wartime in Iran have a historical precedent. So too does retaliation against political opposition groups, Kurdish political parties, women opposing Iran’s misogynistic policies, and the massacre of ethnic and national minorities during war, as occurred in the 1980s during the Iran-Iraq war.

According to Hengaw’s statistics, in the past 30 months (2.5 years), at least 12 prisoners have been executed in Iran on charges of “collaboration with / espionage for” Israel.

Hengaw has also documented that at least 7 political prisoners are facing imminent execution on similar charges. Their names are:
    1.    Azad Shojaei
    2.    Edris Eli
    3.    Sha’in Vasaf
    4.    Naser Bakarzadeh
    5.    Rasul Ahmad Mohammad
    6.    Mohammad Amin Mahdi Shayesteh
    7.    Ahmad Reza Jalali

These individuals are at imminent risk of retaliatory execution by the Islamic Republic of Iran