A spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says more than 650 US military personnel have been killed and wounded within the first two days of Iran's retaliatory Operation True Promise 4 by Iranian Armed Forces against US military installations and warships across West Asia.
"In the first two days of the war, 650 American troops were killed and wounded," Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini stated on Tuesday.
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.
According to Naeini, 160 US servicemen were killed and wounded in one of the strikes, when Iranian Armed Forces targeted a key US military site in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
Furthermore, US Navy's MST combat support vessel suffered heavy damage after being hit by Iranian naval missiles, he said.
The IRGC spokesman also noted that Iranian naval units had fired four cruise missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln ship, which was deployed some 250 to 300 kilometers off the coast of Chabahar in southeastern Iran.
Elsewhere in his remarks on Tuesday, 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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