A pharmacist and a homesick lifestyle blogger: The 'alarming' civilian cost of war in Iran

Mar 23, 2026 · 1190 words · By Caroline Hawley

📰 Original article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3v6ld7lv9no?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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“Parastesh Dahaghin was a young pharmacist killed in an explosion while she was at work.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to confirm or refute details about Parastesh Dahaghin's death.

“Berivan Molani was in bed when debris from an air strike in Tehran struck her head.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to verify Berivan Molani's death circumstances.

“For more than three weeks, Tehran and other cities have been pummelled by US and Israeli airstrikes - with thousands of targets hit across the country.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to confirm airstrike duration or target counts.

“Eilmah Bilki, aged 3, reportedly died a day after being injured in the western town of Sardasht.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to verify Eilmah Bilki's injury and death timeline.

“Parastesh Dahaghin was at her pharmacy in Tehran's Apadana neighbourhood when the nearby building of an IT company was struck, according to the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to confirm the IT company building strike details.

“The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) has so far recorded more than 1,400 civilian deaths, 15% of them children.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to verify HRANA's civilian death statistics.

“A missile strike on a primary school in the southern town of Minab at the start of the war is reported to have targeted a nearby military base.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to confirm the Minab school strike targeting.

“The World Health Organisation (WHO) has now verified more than 20 attacks on health care facilities, with reports of many more.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to verify WHO's attack reports on healthcare.

“The BBC has verified footage of several damaged hospitals, including the 17-story private Gandhi hospital in Tehran.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to confirm BBC's hospital damage verification.

“Dr Hashim Moazenzadeh stated that bombs being used are extremely large and there is a very high number of civilian casualties.”

❓ INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — No evidence in archive to verify Dr. Moazenzadeh's bomb casualty claims.