Iran says 38 killed, 400 injured in US strikes since June 22

Iran's health ministry said Friday that at least 38 people had been killed and more than 400 injured in US strikes since fighting resumed on June 22.

Ministry spokesman Hossein Kermanpour posted the toll on X, adding that Iran's Revolutionary Guards struck two US-linked radar sites in Oman overnight.

The figures come as the US and Iran exchange strikes for a sixth straight night.

How many people has Iran said were killed in US strikes?

Iran's health ministry said 38 people had been killed and more than 400 injured since June 22, when the current round of fighting began. Spokesman Hossein Kermanpour said the dead include three women and one person under the age of 18. He said the wounded include 22 women and nine minors.

What has Iran targeted in retaliation?

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said their forces struck two radar sites linked to the United States in the Gulf sultanate of Oman. A statement said they destroyed a maritime surveillance radar at the Salamah Rocks and a US air surveillance radar in the Ghanam area. The Guards had earlier said they struck a US airbase in Jordan with ballistic missiles, in response to a US attack near a children's cancer hospital in Ahvaz.

Iranian state media said the Ahvaz hospital was evacuated after nearby US strikes, which foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei called barbaric. Hani, a 34-year-old teacher from Ahvaz, said the strikes were very intense, adding that his hands were shaking after hearing at least 11 or 12 explosions.

Has the conflict spread beyond Iran?

A US-led coalition shot down several drones over Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, Kurdish forces said. Kurdish counterterrorism forces said coalition forces downed eight explosive-laden drones over Erbil between 4:19am and 5:25am, with no damage or casualties reported. It was the second such incident in the city this week.

Kuwait said early Friday its air defenses were again combating missile and drone attacks, while Bahrain sounded air raid sirens. A senior Iranian military spokesman said Iran would never back down over the Strait of Hormuz.

Why did the US strike Iran's infrastructure?

The US launched fresh strikes on Iran's infrastructure on Thursday, hitting bridges, a railway station and an airport in the south. US Central Command said the strikes aimed to further degrade Iranian military capabilities, marking the sixth straight night of American attacks. Iranian state media reported strikes on two bridges, a railway station and an airport in Hormozgan province, near the Strait of Hormuz, killing three people.

State TV in Tehran also reported two explosions in Bushehr, home to Iran's only civilian nuclear plant, describing it as a continuation of American aggression. Trump had earlier threatened to hit power plants and bridges unless Iran returned to talks, telling Fox News: "Next week it gets really bad for them."

What is happening with the Strait of Hormuz?

The Strait of Hormuz briefly reopened after a US-Iran deal in June, but Tehran said last week it would stay closed until US aggression ends.

The US has also reimposed its blockade of Iran's ports. On Thursday, the American military said forces had boarded a ship in the Gulf of Oman to ensure full compliance, and three vessels had been redirected since the blockade resumed.

Can diplomacy still resolve the conflict?

Pakistan's foreign office spokesman Tahir Andrabi said Islamabad would continue urging all sides to end the violence and resume technical talks under the memorandum it helped broker last month. Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned that a deal only has meaning if its clauses are implemented.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that Trump would hold Iran accountable for going back on its word, while remaining open to diplomacy. She said Iran had expressed continued interest in a deal, but that Trump would not let attacks on ships in the strait go unanswered. Iran's military spokesman said Thursday that if the US followed through on its threats, all infrastructure in the region would be crushed.