At least three US soldiers have died and five others have been seriously injured during Operation ‘Epic Fury’, launched to end the Iranian regime, the US Army Central Command (Centcom) reported this Sunday.
In a statement, Centcom did not offer details about how the deaths occurred or specify the location, after Iran will attack several American bases in the region in retaliation for the joint attack by the United States and Israel in which the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed.
According to the Army, as of 9:30 a.m. in Washington (3:30 p.m. Spanish peninsular time) “three American soldiers have been killed in action and five have been seriously wounded as part of Operation ‘Epic Fury’.” “Several others suffered minor shrapnel injuries and concussions and are in the process of returning to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing,” he added.
Centcom explained that, out of respect for the families, it will not reveal the identities of the victims until 24 hours have passed since notification to their loved ones.
Abraham Lincoln aircraft carriers
On the other hand, Centcom denied that the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been hit by Iranian missiles, as the Revolutionary Guard had stated through official Iranian media. “Iran’s IRGC claims to have attacked the USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles. LIE“, stated the Central Command in its X account.
The US armed forces assured that the ship was not hit and that the missiles launched “they didn’t even come close”.
“The Lincoln continues to launch aircraft in support of CENTCOM’s tireless campaign to defend the American people by eliminating threats from the Iranian regime.”
Attacks on Tehran
The joint bombings by Israel and the United States against Iran began on Saturday, when the ayatollah died along with a good part of the Iranian military leadership, and have continued this Sunday with several waves of attacks on Tehran.
Iran has promised to avenge Khamenei’s death and, so far, has attacked the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, among other allies of Washington where the North American power maintains military bases.
Trump, who is at his private residence in Mar-a-Lagoin Floridaannounced in the early hours of Saturday the launch of this operation, whose objective is to overthrow the Iranian regime, despite the fact that Washington and Tehran were holding negotiations for a new nuclear pact.
The US president, who campaigned in 2024 on a promise to keep the United States away from foreign wars, acknowledged in his announcement that there could be casualties of “brave American heroes.”
The Democratic opposition denounces not having been previously informed of the attack and accuses the Government of having started a covert war without the authorization of Congress, the body that has the power to approve a war intervention abroad.
