The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman stated Sunday that the United States does not publish the true number of its dead and that Iranian forces inflicted severe casualties throughout July, prompting the US to request urgent and immediate talks. The claim is unverified.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesman claimed Sunday that the US suffered heavy casualties from Iranian strikes in July and subsequently requested urgent talks. The statement, published on the source affiliated with the IRGC, provides no specific numbers or evidence.
The claim is the latest in a series of unverified IRGC assertions about US losses. As The Zioneer has reported, previous IRGC statements — including a July 25 claim by spokesman Hossein Makhabi that US dead exceeded 200, and a June 11 claim of 18 American targets hit — have been denied by US officials. The New York Times quoted a US official in June calling such claims 'completely untrue.'
The IRGC has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims about attacks on US assets amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington. No independent confirmation of the latest statement is available, and US officials have not commented.
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