Iran states: 650 casualties for U.S. military in two days as Iran missiles force aircraft carrier to flee

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Tasnim News Agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, quoted its spokesperson, Ali Mohammad Naini, around midnight on Monday as alleging that 650 US personnel were killed or wounded during the first two days of the war. He said that 160 American casualties were recorded in “the targeting of a US military headquarters in Bahrain alone,” ‘The Jerusalem Post’ quotes.

The IRGC spokesperson further claimed that four cruise missiles had been fired at the USS Abraham Lincoln and that IRGC missiles and drones had targeted the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain “on several occasions.” He also alleged that the combat support vessel MST was “severely struck by IRGC naval missiles.”

He emphasized that it was natural for the US military to deny or conceal the casualties; nevertheless, Iranian intelligence as well as all field reports confirm the toll.

He said that the Iranian strikes, which included missile and drone attacks, against US naval assets and military headquarters in Bahrain, forced the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to flee towards the southern Indian Ocean.

He highlighted that Iranian forces have also managed to inflict heavy losses on US military facilities in the Persian Gulf region.

The spokesman said Iranian missiles and drones had repeatedly hit the headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the IRGC spokesman praised the scale of Iran's retaliatory strikes as "more powerful and crushing" compared to those conducted in the final days of the last June 12-day war.

He stressed that Iranian missiles have all been updated, and are now much more sophisticated than those employed in Operation True Promise 3.

Naeini described the strike power of the missiles as unbelievable and much beyond the calculations of the enemies, stressing that Iranian missiles capabilities have bewildered the foes.

He assured the Iranian nation that Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will diligently defend the country, and that the major victory is on the horizon.

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