March 3, 2026

Balkan Web – More than 700 people have been killed in Iran since the war began on Saturday, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

As of Monday afternoon ET, at least 742 civilians have been killed in Iran, including 176 children, HRANA said. More than 900 civilians have been wounded, it reported. At least 85 were killed in the past 24 hours, the group said, and it is verifying hundreds of other reported deaths.

There were also reports of damage to religious buildings and homes in the past 24 hours. Among them were a mosque in Karaj, a city near Tehran, several residential buildings, a governor’s office south of the capital, and the Shahid Bahonar Mole in Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz, according to the group. Iran also claimed damage to hospitals in Tehran.

Among the military targets hit in the past 24 hours are the headquarters of the Kurdistan Law Enforcement Command and the Kurdistan Border Guard command center in the western city of Sanandaj, HRANA reported. An air base in Isfahan and a military base in Tehran were also damaged, according to the group.

HRANA says their analysis is preliminary and may change.