Geri Baskaran

The numbers are similar to statistics released by a U.S.-based human rights organization, Hrana, which relies on a network of activists inside Iran.

The head of Iran's emergency medical services told state TV that 18 of the children who died were under the age of five.

The majority of children killed since February 28th died in the bombing of a primary school in the southern city of Minab on the first day of the war.

Multiple investigations, including NPR's reporting, showed the U.S.

was responsible.

The U.S.

military has denied attacking civilians, and the Israeli army says it directs its strikes at military targets.

For NPR News, I'm Geri Buskaran in Istanbul.