The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that US forces suffered heavy losses in a series of strikes on American facilities across the Middle East. According to the Iranian side, more than 500 US service members were killed or wounded.

The Fars news agency, citing an IRGC statement, reported that a US military site in Bahrain was hit by two ballistic missiles. Other American bases in the region were said to have faced sustained attacks. Iranian officials stated that a total of 560 US personnel were killed or injured in the strikes.

Tasnim, another Iranian outlet, reported separately that six senior CIA officers were killed. It said they died during shelling of a residence in the United Arab Emirates.

Washington has released sharply different figures. On March 1, US Central Command confirmed the deaths of three service members and said five others had been seriously wounded.

US officials also rejected Iranian claims that ballistic missiles had struck the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. The American military maintained that no missiles came close to the vessel. Earlier, the IRGC had asserted that the carrier was targeted with four ballistic missiles.

The escalation followed a joint US-Israeli military operation launched against Iran on the morning of February 28. President Donald Trump, addressing the nation, said the strikes on Iranian territory were the result of exhausted patience over Tehran’s refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

Multiple cities across the Islamic Republic, including the capital, came under attack. One strike hit the residence of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed. In response, Iran launched missile and drone attacks against Israel and US air bases in the Middle East.