Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say more than 200 US service members were killed in retaliatory strikes, a claim Washington has not confirmed.
Tehran, Iran – Web Desk: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that more than 200 US military personnel have been killed in Iranian retaliatory strikes since the collapse of the Islamabad Memorandum, a claim that has not been independently verified or confirmed by Washington.
IRGC spokesman General Hossein Mohebi rejected casualty figures released by US authorities, describing them as inaccurate and disconnected from the actual situation on the ground. Speaking to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, Mohebi said Iranian strikes had targeted US military installations across the region, including what he said were eight American military centres.
He claimed that 20 protective shelters at a single location had also been destroyed during the retaliatory operation, which Iranian forces have referred to internally as “Operation Nasr 2.” Mohebi called on Washington to allow journalists access to the affected bases so that the international community could independently assess the damage, alleging that the US government was withholding the full extent of its military and financial losses.
The IRGC spokesman further claimed that Iranian strikes over the past two weeks had destroyed 11 US warplanes and helicopters on the ground, including an F-15 fighter jet inside its shelter, a P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft, a C-17 transport aircraft and eight aerial refuelling planes. He also claimed that 17 reconnaissance and operational drones, including eight advanced systems, had been destroyed in the operations.
None of these figures, including the claimed death toll of more than 200 US personnel, have been independently confirmed by US officials or other neutral observers. The Pentagon and US Central Command have not released comprehensive casualty figures following the latest exchanges, and the scale of the claims could not be verified through independent sources at the time of publication.
Separately, the IRGC issued a warning to Israel, saying it would face serious consequences if it re-entered the conflict. Iranian forces said they were closely monitoring any possible Israeli involvement and had prepared their strategy accordingly.
The claims come after 13 consecutive days of US airstrikes on Iranian territory, following the breakdown of the Pakistan-brokered Islamabad Memorandum, which both Washington and Tehran have accused each other of violating. The exchange of claims and counterclaims underscores the difficulty of independently verifying battlefield outcomes in the ongoing conflict, with both sides so far offering only their own accounts of the fighting.
It remains to be seen whether US authorities will respond directly to the IRGC’s latest claims or release their own updated casualty figures.
