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Eight Iranian army members killed in fresh US strikes in S. Iran
In a statement on its website, the army said the individuals, members of its air force and navy, were killed during the "terrorist US Army's criminal aggression" against regions in southern Iran.
US Central Command said in a post on X early Wednesday its forces completed a new round of offensive strikes against Iran, "hitting over 80 targets with precision munitions as an immediate response to Iran's latest attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. (File)
By: Xinhua News Agency, Journalist @New Vision
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TEHRAN — The Iranian Army announced Wednesday eight of its forces were killed in US strikes earlier in the day in the southern provinces of Hormozgan and Bushehr.
In a statement on its website, the army said the individuals, members of its air force and navy, were killed during the "terrorist US Army's criminal aggression" against regions in southern Iran.
It identified those killed as Ali Moeini, Ali Mehdizadeh, Hamed Davvari, Amir-Hossein Qassemi, Alireza Zarei Sani, Alireza Balideh, Shahab Omidi and Mohammad Javad Ravanfar, vowing to avenge "the country's martyrs."
Earlier on Wednesday, state-run IRIB news agency reported a serviceman of the Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in the US strikes in the port city of Bandar-e Mahshahr, southwestern Iran's Khuzestan province.
It identified those killed as Ali Moeini, Ali Mehdizadeh, Hamed Davvari, Amir-Hossein Qassemi, Alireza Zarei Sani, Alireza Balideh, Shahab Omidi and Mohammad Javad Ravanfar, vowing to avenge "the country's martyrs."
Earlier on Wednesday, state-run IRIB news agency reported a serviceman of the Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed in the US strikes in the port city of Bandar-e Mahshahr, southwestern Iran's Khuzestan province.
US Central Command said in a post on X early Wednesday its forces completed a new round of offensive strikes against Iran, "hitting over 80 targets with precision munitions as an immediate response to Iran's latest attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz."
Later, Iran's IRGC and army said in separate statements their forces hit US military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for the strikes.
The latest clashes came as, under a recently signed peace memorandum of understanding, Iran and the United States were scheduled to hold negotiations within a 60-day period to reach a final agreement.
Later, Iran's IRGC and army said in separate statements their forces hit US military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for the strikes.
The latest clashes came as, under a recently signed peace memorandum of understanding, Iran and the United States were scheduled to hold negotiations within a 60-day period to reach a final agreement.