Abbas Masjedi, manager of the Iranian government judicial medicine organization, announced on Thursday that over 3,000 people died in Iran during the war with the U.S. and Israel, interrupted by a Wednesday truce, reported the Reuter Agency.
In the case of about 40% of victims, forensic investigation was needed to identify bodies before returning them to their families," Masjedi added in an interview with the state media.
A typical of the authorities did not study what percent of dead were soldiers and service officers and what kind of civilians.
JG, PAP