Video aired on Iranian state television on Thursday 19 March captured Red Crescent teams rescuing an injured man from collapsed buildings in South Khorasan province after a reported US-Israeli strike. According to SNN.ir, bulldozers cleared debris across residential areas while emergency workers combed through the rubble. A provincial spokesman confirmed that the bodies of a young girl and several women were found beneath the structures.
The images followed Wednesday's Israeli airstrike killing intelligence minister Esmail Khatib, part of a high-profile assassination wave including national security chief Ali Larijani and Basij commander Gholamreza Soleimani. Iranian authorities report over 1,300 deaths since late February 2026, when direct US-Iran exchanges began after the sinking of frigate IRIS Dena.
