There is no single independently verified “formal” figure specifically for women and children killed on Iranian territory by U.S.–Israeli forces since 28 Feb 2026. Available numbers come from government claims, NGOs, and partial reporting, and they differ.

What the most cited figures say

• Iranian Health Ministry (mid-March 2026):
  • 223 women killed
  • 202 children killed
• Another official Iranian tally (early March, reported by Al Jazeera):
  • ~200 women
  • at least 168 children in one school attack alone
• Broader estimates (Reuters, mixed sources):
  • “over 200 children” killed in Iran overall (not broken down by gender beyond that)
• Specific documented incident (widely reported):
  • A girls’ school strike killed ~165 schoolgirls on Feb 28

What this means

• The only concrete combined figure comes from Iranian official reporting:
  • ≈425 total (223 women + 202 children)
• However:
  • These are not independently verified counts.
  • Other sources confirm hundreds of children killed but don’t consistently break out women vs. men.
  • Casualty tracking is ongoing, incomplete, and disputed in wartime conditions.

Bottom line

• A reasonable reported (but not independently confirmed) figure is:
  • ~200–225 women
  • ~200+ children
  • ≈400+ combined
• Treat this as provisional and contested, not a definitive “formal” total.

🧨 1) School attacks (highest child casualties)

Minab girls’ school strike (28 Feb 2026) — deadliest single incident

• Location: Shajareh Tayyebeh school, Hormozgan province
• Type: Missile strike (likely U.S.)
• Deaths: ~168 total
  • At least 100+ children (mostly schoolgirls)
• Injuries: ~95
• Details: Multiple (“triple-tap”) strikes collapsed the building while students were inside

👉 This is the single largest confirmed child death event in the war.

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Other school-related strikes (multiple locations)

• Cities reported: Tehran, Parand, others
• Scale: Dozens of schools hit
• Context:
  • At least 65 schools damaged or destroyed
  • Part of wider strikes affecting civilian infrastructure

👉 Casualty numbers per site are mostly unreported or unclear, but these contribute to the overall child death toll (181+ children early in the الحرب).

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🏠 2) Residential-area airstrikes

Nationwide residential bombardment (early March)

• Targets: Housing blocks and neighborhoods
• Scale:
  • 5,535 residential units hit
• Casualties: Not fully broken down, but:
  • Hundreds of civilians killed across these strikes
  • Includes women and children (no consistent gender breakdown)

👉 These are likely where a large share of women casualties occurred.

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Example: Tehran – Niloofar Square (2 March)

• Type: Urban strike
• Deaths: ~20 civilians
• Demographics: Not specified

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Wider pattern

• Human rights monitoring groups reported:
  • 1,000+ civilians killed in first 5 days
  • Including ≥181 children under 10

👉 These deaths are spread across many smaller residential and urban strikes, not one single event.

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🏙️ 3) Large-scale urban bombardment (Tehran & multiple cities)

Mass strike waves (late Feb–March)

• Locations: Tehran, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Karaj, Urmia
• Nature: Hundreds of coordinated strikes on:
  • Military + civilian-adjacent infrastructure

Civilian impact

• Thousands of total casualties reported overall
• News reporting indicates:
  • Children among victims
  • Civilian toll rising into thousands as bombardment continued

👉 These are diffuse casualties, not cleanly attributable to single incidents.

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🏥 4) Strikes affecting civilian infrastructure

Healthcare and aid sites

• 14 medical centres hit
• Casualties: Not clearly broken down, but implies:
  • Additional civilian deaths during/after strikes

Red Crescent & humanitarian sites

• 13 aid-related facilities hit

👉 These incidents likely contributed to secondary deaths, including vulnerable populations (children, elderly, injured).

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🧩 Putting it together (incident-based view)

Clearly identifiable high-casualty incidents

• Minab school: ~168 killed (majority children)

Medium, identifiable incidents

• Tehran (Niloofar Square): ~20 civilians
• Other city strikes: dozens per incident (poorly documented)

Large diffuse categories

• Residential bombardment: hundreds of deaths across thousands of buildings
• Urban strike waves: major contributor to total casualties
• Infrastructure strikes: indirect + direct civilian deaths

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⚠️ Key limitations (important)

• Most deaths are not tied to single named incidents
  → They occur across hundreds of smaller strikes
• Gender breakdown (women vs men) is rarely given per incident
• Child deaths are easier to track (schools, families), hence more visible
• Many figures come from:
  • Iranian authorities
  • NGOs
  • Partial independent investigations

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🧾 Bottom line

• The only clearly documented mass-casualty event dominated by children:
  • 👉 Minab school strike (~168 killed)
• The majority of women and children killed:
  • 👉 come from distributed residential and urban strikes, not single headline events
• Overall pattern:
  • Schools → concentrated child deaths
  • Homes/neighborhoods → mixed civilian deaths (including many women)
  • City-wide bombardment → largest total toll, but least precise breakdown