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World Service,28 Mar 2026,49 mins

Iran war: Civilian death toll mounts

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The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) says that 1,464 civilians including at least 217 children have been killed in Iran in the first month of the conflict, which began on 28 February. Also on today's programme: BBC Russian Service this week marked 80 years since its first regular radio broadcast aired; and, a senior military figure in Germany tells the programme western leaders must “join the dots” on the war in Iran and the Russia's Ukraine invasion. Presenter Paul Henley is joined by Arash Azizi, Iranian American historian, lecturer at Yale University and Katja Hoyer, a German-British historian and author, living in the UK. (Photo: Pictures of child victims killed in strikes in Tehran Credit: Majid-Asgaripour/ Reuters)

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