The head of Iran’s Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand, says there have been no fatalities in the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Al Jazeera reports.

“Fortunately, we did not have any martyrs in last night’s events of the US aggression against Iran’s nuclear facilities,” he said, according to state television.

Iran’s Health Ministry said on Saturday that at least 430 civilians have been killed and more than 3,500 wounded since Israel’s launched its surprise attack on June 13.

A closer satellite view shows the ridge at Fordow underground complex, after the US struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran on June 22. — Reuters
A closer satellite view shows the ridge at Fordow underground complex, after the US struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran on June 22. — Reuters

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