In the first seven days of military conflict between Israel and Iran, at least 657 people have been killed and 2,037 injured. Twenty-one provinces across Iran have come under attack, more than a thousand military and infrastructure targets have been bombed, and at least 206 individuals have been arrested for online activity.
According to Kolbarnews, since the beginning of the military conflict between Israel and Iran in the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025, at least 657 people have been killed and 2,037 injured. In total, the human toll during the first week of war has reached 2,694. Among the dead are significant numbers of healthcare workers, children, the elderly, and other civilians. As of Thursday, June 20, Israeli attacks have extended to at least 21 provinces, including Tehran, Alborz, Isfahan, Fars, Zanjan, Razavi Khorasan, Kermanshah, Lorestan, Ilam, Semnan, Khuzestan, Bushehr, Markazi, Yazd, Sistan and Baluchestan, Kurdistan, West Azerbaijan, Qazvin, Qom, Mazandaran, and Golestan.
In the first five days of attacks, more than 1,100 military and infrastructure sites inside Iran were targeted. In just the first three days, Israeli fighter jets and drones carried out over 720 offensive sorties. The operations involved F-35I, F-15I, and F-16I fighter jets, as well as Harop and Harpy drones. Primary targets included nuclear facilities (Natanz, Arak, Khondab), air defense centers, airports, missile depots, oil and petrochemical installations, and communication stations.
Civilian infrastructure has suffered major damage. At least 12 hospitals and clinics, 9 refineries and energy stations, 6 fuel terminals, and 40 schools and kindergartens have been directly hit or completely destroyed. In Tehran alone, at least 23 critical locations were targeted.
Internet service was cut off or severely disrupted across Iran from the very start of the war. According to NetBlocks data, 87% of household internet access was disconnected or disrupted during the first five days. This outage caused a collapse of banking services, and the Central Bank reduced the cash withdrawal limit to 1 million tomans. More than 80% of ATMs and banking apps became non-functional in the first two days.
Amid these conditions, 206 individuals in provinces such as Lorestan, Razavi Khorasan, Fars, West Azerbaijan, Yazd, Hormozgan, Kurdistan, Tehran, and Alborz were arrested by security agencies on charges of “spreading false information” or “online activity against national security.” Some were arrested simply for reposting casualty statistics or sharing images of their bombed homes on social media. On the seventh day of the conflict, the police commander of West Tehran also announced the arrest of 24 individuals on charges of espionage and targeted action against the Islamic Republic.
Due to damage to public transportation infrastructure, services in several major cities including Tehran, Mashhad, and Isfahan were effectively halted. Intercity travel costs for families rose by as much as fivefold.
In just seven days, Iran has suffered extensive losses in lives, infrastructure, and societal stability. The combination of internet outages, arrests of activists, disruption of essential services, economic turmoil, and human casualties has turned the conflict into one of the most severe crises of the decade, raising serious human rights and political challenges for ongoing international negotiations.
