Three American service members have been killed and five have been seriously wounded in military operations targeting Iran, the U.S. military said. They are the first reported American casualties since the U.S. and Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran.
U.S. Central Command said Sunday in a post on X that several others “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty.” The post stated that major combat operations will continue. It did not provide further information about the casualties and described the situation as “fluid.”
This came as the Pentagon on Sunday denied Iran's claim to have struck the United States' aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles in the Gulf. "The Lincoln was not hit. The missiles launched didn’t even come close," US Central Command said on X.
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was targeted with four ballistic missiles on Sunday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp said in a statement reported by state media. The USS Lincoln is one of two aircraft carriers deployed to the region in recent weeks and the only one relatively close to Iranian shores.
The massive U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggered retaliatory strikes on multiple countries in the region and is reverberating around the world.
Related violence expanded Sunday to a growing number of places. An enormous Israeli strike targeted Tehran. Iran fired drones and missiles at Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf, and also at the global business hub of Dubai. At least nine people were killed in clashes after angry protesters stormed the U.S. consulate in Pakistan.
The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting Saturday carried the potential for a wider war, and the fallout could hit the world economy. In announcing Saturday's attack, President Donald Trump urged Iranians to seize the moment and “take over.”
Iran formed a council to govern the country until a new supreme leader is chosen. An Iranian diplomat told an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council that hundreds of civilians were killed and wounded in the strikes.
The strikes came two days after the latest U.S.-Iran talks as Trump pressured Tehran for a deal to constrain its nuclear program. Iran’s theocracy has also struggled with growing dissent following nationwide protests that began over the economy but turned into anti-government ones.
U.S. Central Command said Sunday in a post on X that several others “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty.” The post stated that major combat operations will continue. It did not provide further information about the casualties and described the situation as “fluid.”
This came as the Pentagon on Sunday denied Iran's claim to have struck the United States' aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles in the Gulf. "The Lincoln was not hit. The missiles launched didn’t even come close," US Central Command said on X.
The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was targeted with four ballistic missiles on Sunday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp said in a statement reported by state media. The USS Lincoln is one of two aircraft carriers deployed to the region in recent weeks and the only one relatively close to Iranian shores.
The massive U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, triggered retaliatory strikes on multiple countries in the region and is reverberating around the world.
Related violence expanded Sunday to a growing number of places. An enormous Israeli strike targeted Tehran. Iran fired drones and missiles at Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf, and also at the global business hub of Dubai. At least nine people were killed in clashes after angry protesters stormed the U.S. consulate in Pakistan.
The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran starting Saturday carried the potential for a wider war, and the fallout could hit the world economy. In announcing Saturday's attack, President Donald Trump urged Iranians to seize the moment and “take over.”
Iran formed a council to govern the country until a new supreme leader is chosen. An Iranian diplomat told an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council that hundreds of civilians were killed and wounded in the strikes.
The strikes came two days after the latest U.S.-Iran talks as Trump pressured Tehran for a deal to constrain its nuclear program. Iran’s theocracy has also struggled with growing dissent following nationwide protests that began over the economy but turned into anti-government ones.
