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6,530 dead by day 25 — Hengaw report

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Hengaw's count reached 6,530 killed through Day 25. The eighth report, covering the last week, is overdue.

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Key takeaway

Both sides' casualty tolls are climbing with no ceasefire in sight.

Hengaw's seventh report confirmed 6,530 killed through Day 25 (24 March), including 640 civilians, 130 children, and 173 women across 186 cities in 26 provinces. ¹ An eighth report covering days 25 to 31 is overdue. Israel recorded 6,131 total hospitalisations since 28 February, with 118 currently hospitalised. Four Israeli soldiers were killed in a south Lebanon clash with Hezbollah on 31 March. ²

The civilian toll in Iran already exceeds total coalition fatalities in the 2003 Iraq invasion. The gap between Hengaw's figures and the Iranian government's official count of 1,937 remains wide and unexplained.

Deep Analysis

In plain English

Hengaw is a Kurdish human rights organisation that has been tracking casualties inside Iran since the war began. Their seventh report, covering the first 25 days of the war, documented 6,530 people killed, including 640 civilians, 130 children, and 173 women. To put that in context: total coalition military fatalities in the entire 2003 Iraq invasion were around 172. Iran has lost more civilians in 25 days than the US-led coalition lost in total during the fall of Baghdad. An eighth report covering the week since then is overdue. At the documented rate of roughly 20 civilian deaths per day, the current civilian death toll in Iran likely exceeds 800 by now. On the Israeli side, 6,131 people have been hospitalised since the war began, with four soldiers killed in a clash with Hezbollah in Lebanon on 31 March.

Sources:Times of Israel·Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights·Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights

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Times of Israel· 31 Mar 2026

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Causes and effects

Caused by

Hengaw: 6,900 dead in first month

Hengaw's seventh report updates the 6,530 toll that underpins the humanitarian casualty tracking established through earlier Hengaw reports.

Occurred 28 Mar 2026

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This Event

6,530 dead by day 25 — Hengaw report

Iranian civilian casualties already exceed total coalition fatalities in the 2003 Iraq invasion, with a week of data still unreported.

Led to

Day 29: 6,900 dead; official toll frozen

Hengaw's 8th report (6,900 dead) builds directly on the 7th report (ID:1757, 6,530 dead), showing the toll continues to rise.

Occurred 28 Mar 2026

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