Dee Parvaz

would begin destroying mines laid by Iranians in the Strait of Hormuz,

and added that Iranians would be, quote, blown to hell if they fired at the U.S.

Over the past two weeks, President Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's infrastructure, bomb the country, quote, back to the Stone Age, and to wipe out its entire civilization in one night.

Deep Harvaz, NPR News, Van, Turkey.

The head of Iran's forensic medical agency says the country's death toll in the war over the past six weeks has surpassed 3,000.

State media outlets quote Abbas Masjidi Arani as saying that some 40% of the bodies are unidentifiable.

And this casualty figure differs from what human rights groups have estimated.

They put the number of civilian deaths at somewhere between 1,000 and 1,700 in recent days, and they've also estimated that over 6,000 military and Revolutionary Guard members have been killed.

Additionally, 857 schools, 32 universities, and 338 hospitals were damaged or destroyed by airstrikes, according to the Iranian Red Crescent.

Dee Paraz, NPR News, Van, Turkey.

The first two days of the ceasefire have been shaky, with strikes of varying severity happening in Lebanon, Iran, Israel and the Gulf Arab States.

The Iranians I spoke to at the border didn't want to be named, fearing reprisal upon their return, and none of them believed that the temporary truce would hold.

The positions they've stated are too far apart from each other, said one man.

After two weeks, it's highly likely that there will be war, said a 30-year-old from Tehran.

Deepa Raz, NPR News, Van, Turkey.

State media has televised a call-out asking for nomadic tribes and local villagers to target any foreign pilots in the area.

The announcement includes a monetary reward for any capture.

A U.S.

official confirmed to NPR that a search and rescue operation is in progress.