Iranian state-affiliated news agency Tasnim reported Monday that one of the wounded from yesterday's US strike on Larak Island has died, bringing the death toll to three. The claim has not been independently verified, and the affiliation of the casualties remains unclear.
The Iranian state-affiliated news agency Tasnim reported Monday evening that one of the wounded from Sunday's US strike on Larak Island has died of his injuries, raising the reported death toll from the attack to three. The update comes hours after an Iranian commentator claimed far higher casualties.
The initial report on the strike emerged Sunday at 22:13 Jerusalem, when Tasnim, which is owned by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported two killed and two wounded. The Zioneer reported later Sunday that US sources confirmed strikes on IRGC missile launchers on Larak Island, and that the launchers were on standby to fire missiles carrying naval mines toward the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier Monday at 14:05 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Iranian commentator Ali Golhaki claimed the strike killed numerous IRGC members, far more than the one or two previously cited. Tasnim's latest figure of three dead is more modest than Golhaki's claim, though the affiliation of the casualties remains unspecified.
The US military has not commented on the Tasnim report. The strike on Larak Island, a strategic Iranian naval and IRGC base in the Strait of Hormuz, occurred Sunday as part of ongoing American operations against Iranian military assets. As The Zioneer reported Sunday at 22:13, this marked the first US strikes inside Iranian territory in months.
The Tasnim figure remains unverified by independent sources, and no information has been provided on whether the casualties are military personnel or civilians. The broader scope of the US campaign continues, with reports of further strikes across Iran.
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