3 US troops killed, 5 seriously wounded in actions against Iran

This is a developing story.

Three U.S. service members have been killed in action during combat operations against Iran , U.S. Central Command officials announced Sunday. Five more have been listed as “seriously wounded.”

Several other troops “sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions — and are in the process of being returned to duty,” according to the CENTCOM release.

A barrage of Iranian retaliatory strikes were launched at U.S. military installations across the Middle East on Saturday on the heels of a U.S. and Israeli air, land and sea bombardment across the Islamic Republic — a campaign dubbed Operation Epic Fury.

Initial reports on Saturday indicated there were no U.S. casualties. Additional details surrounding the circumstances of the U.S. service member deaths have not yet been made available.

“Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing,” the statement read.

Claims were circulating online over the weekend that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.

CENTCOM officials dismissed the rumor Sunday, saying the “Lincoln was not hit.”

“The missiles launched didn’t even come close,” CENTCOM officials said. “The Lincoln continues to launch aircraft in support of CENTCOM’s relentless campaign to defend the American people by eliminating threats from the Iranian regime.”

The assault by U.S. and partner forces began Saturday at 1:15 a.m., CENTCOM officials stated, with the goal of knocking out “the Iranian regime’s security apparatus, prioritizing locations that posed an imminent threat.”

Among the primary targets of the operation were Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command and control facilities, Iranian air defense capabilities, missile and drone launch sites and military airfields, according to the statement.

The compound of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was also targeted in the operation. A senior Israeli official told Reuters that Khamenei was killed in the strike. President Donald Trump later confirmed in a Truth Social post on Saturday that Khamenei was killed in the attack, calling the moment “the single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country.”

At least 201 people have been killed and more than 700 injured across Iran, according to the Iranian Red Crescent Society.

The identities of U.S. service members killed in action are being withheld until 24 hours after next of kin notification, officials said.

J.D. Simkins is Editor-in-Chief of Military Times and Defense News, and a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq War.

这是一个正在发展中的新闻。

美国中央司令部官员周日宣布，三名美军士兵在对伊朗的作战行动中阵亡，另有五人“重伤”。

据中央司令部发布的消息，另有几名士兵“遭受了轻微的弹片伤和脑震荡，目前正在恢复服役”。

周六，在美以联合以色列对伊朗伊斯兰共和国发动空袭、陆袭和海袭之后，伊朗对美国在中东各地的军事设施发动了一系列报复性打击——这场行动被称为“史诗狂怒行动”。

周六的初步报告显示，美方无人伤亡。有关美军人员死亡情况的更多细节尚未公布。

声明中写道：“重大作战行动仍在继续，我们的应对工作也在进行中。”

周末期间，网上流传着伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队袭击美国“亚伯拉罕·林肯”号航空母舰的说法。

中央司令部官员周日驳斥了这一传言，称“林肯号没有被击中”。

“发射的导弹根本没接近目标，”中央司令部官员表示。“林肯号航母将继续起飞飞机，支持中央司令部为保卫美国人民、消除伊朗政权威胁而开展的不懈行动。”

美国中央司令部官员表示，美国及其盟友部队于周六凌晨 1 点 15 分开始发动进攻，目标是摧毁“伊朗政权的安全机构，优先打击构成迫在眉睫威胁的地点”。

声明称，此次行动的主要目标包括伊朗伊斯兰革命卫队指挥控制设施、伊朗防空能力、导弹和无人机发射场以及军用机场。

伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊的住所也是此次行动的目标之一。一位以色列高级官员告诉路透社，哈梅内伊在袭击中丧生。美国总统唐纳德·特朗普随后于周六在Truth Social网站上发帖证实了哈梅内伊的死讯，并称这是“伊朗人民夺回国家的最大机会”。

据伊朗红新月会称，伊朗全国至少有 201 人死亡，700 多人受伤。

官员表示，阵亡美军军人的身份信息将在通知其近亲属24小时后公布。

JD Simkins 是《军事时报》和《防务新闻》的总编辑，也是参加过伊拉克战争的海军陆战队老兵。