Israel-Iran conflict: Iran says 224 civilians killed in 'Zionist regime's attacks'; warns of grave consequences

Iran on Tuesday confirmed that due to Israel's "unlawful military attacks" on the country in the last few days, 224 Iranian citizens, including women and children, have been killed.

"On 13th June 2025, the occupying and rogue Zionist regime flagrantly violated the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Iran by waging military attacks against several locations, including residential areas, killing innocent women and children. As a result of these brutal military attacks, which is the clear violation of all international principles and regulations, 224 of civilian citizens including women and children have been martyred and 1257 others injured so far," the Iranian embassy in India said in a press release.

Calling the strikes a "flagrant violation" of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, Iran said the attacks amounted to "blatant acts of aggression" and reiterated that it would exercise its "legitimate and legal rights" under Article 51 of the charter.

"The Zionist regime's unlawful military attacks on Iran, constitute a flagrant violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and are blatant acts of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, Iran reserves its legitimate and legal rights to respond properly and timely to these aggressions," the embassy added in its statement.The embassy further accused Israel of hypocrisy, saying a non-NPT nuclear state was targeting a signatory member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and attacking its nuclear facilities and scientists."The genocidal Zionist regime developed nuclear weapons without being responsive to any international community, including IAEA.

It is the sheer hypocrisy that a genocidal non-NPT nuclear entity accuses a NPT member of threatening the global security and attacks its nuclear establishments and assassinate systematically its scientists and university professors," the statement said.Israel and Iran exchanged fire again Tuesday, a fifth day of strikes in their most intense confrontation in history, fuelling fears of a drawn-out conflict that could engulf the Middle East.Israel attacked Iran early Friday, targeting its nuclear, missile and military infrastructure. Iran later launched retaliatory strikes on Israel.