Iran's state television reported Wednesday that American strikes on Iran killed six Iranian army soldiers and two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The claim, attributed to state TV, has not been independently verified.
Iranian state television reported Wednesday evening that American strikes on Iran killed six army soldiers and two members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), providing a breakdown of casualties after earlier reports of eight military personnel killed. The new figures, if accurate, would match the total previously cited but offer a specific division between the regular army and the IRGC. The report comes hours after The Zioneer reported at 18:00 Jerusalem that Iran named an IRGC special naval fighter, Shahab Amidi Mahnavi, as killed in the same wave of strikes.
Earlier Wednesday, at 00:07 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Iranian state television and the Iranian army spokesman each confirmed that eight military personnel were killed in U.S. strikes on the southern ports of Bandar Abbas and Bushehr, though without specifying branch. Those reports were attributed to a single Iranian media outlet and an Israeli journalist, respectively. The current state TV report, attributing the casualties to strikes in southern Iran, similarly comes from a single source and has not been independently verified.
As The Zioneer has reported, the IRGC has made a series of unverified claims about U.S. military operations over the past month, including claims of striking 85 U.S. targets and shooting down a U.S. drone. U.S. officials have denied some of these assertions. The current report, while providing a more granular casualty breakdown, remains subject to the same verification gap.
It remains unclear whether the breakdown into six army and two IRGC members reflects a full accounting of the strikes or a preliminary figure. The earlier army spokesman confirmation of eight soldiers may have used a broader definition of “soldiers” that included IRGC personnel, or the two categories may be distinct. The report has not been corroborated by Western or independent sources.
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