Iranian state television reported Thursday that eight military personnel from the air force and navy were killed in the southern ports of Bandar Abbas and Bushehr in yesterday's American strikes. The report adds location details to the Iranian army's earlier announcement of the same number of casualties.
Iranian state television reported early Thursday (00:04 Jerusalem) that eight military personnel from the air force and navy were killed in the southern ports of Bandar Abbas and Bushehr in yesterday's American strikes. The report adds location-specific details to the Iranian army's earlier announcement, which The Zioneer reported at 22:23 Wednesday, of the same number of casualties.
The thread of casualty reporting has evolved across the night. At 00:07 Wednesday, initial unverified reports emerged of eight killed in southern Iran, followed by the Iranian army spokesman confirming eight soldiers killed in Bandar Abbas and Bushehr. The Iranian army then officially announced eight personnel killed, mostly navy officers and one airman, and Iranian channels published a poster identifying the eight. The army's formal announcement came at 22:23 Wednesday.
The strikes targeted IRGC naval assets and air defense positions near the Strait of Hormuz, part of a sustained US campaign. Power outages were reported in Bandar Abbas, and a senior American official confirmed strikes on IRGC drone launch positions in Bushehr, as The Zioneer reported.
The new state TV report does not clarify whether the eight killed are in addition to earlier figures or the same personnel. The identities of the deceased have not been released. The report is attributed to a single source — Iranian television — and has not been independently verified by the US military.
24 developments
- StrongOvernight: Power outages reported in Bandar Abbas, additional footage of US strikes on Iran
- StrongUS strikes target IRGC infrastructure across five cities in southern Iran, reports say
- DevelopingIranian news agency: US strikes hit 7 sites on Iran's southern coast
- ConfirmedUS official confirms ongoing strikes against Iran; new explosions heard in Bandar Abbas and Kish Island
Source and signal
- Internal intake