The strikes, which included missile and drone attacks on US naval assets and military headquarters in Bahrain, forced the retreat of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier from Iranian coastal waters, according to IRGC Spokesperson Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini.
The spokesperson confirmed that Iranian forces inflicted heavy losses on US military installations in the Persian Gulf region.
“In the first two days of the war, 650 American troops were killed or wounded,” General Naeini stated, adding that it was “natural for the Americans to deny or conceal these casualties,” but emphasized that Iranian intelligence and battlefield reports confirmed the toll.
Naeini detailed that Iranian missiles and drones had repeatedly struck the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. In one case of the attacks, he stated, 160 US personnel were killed or injured when Iranian forces targeted a key American military facility in the country. Additionally, the US Navy’s MST combat support ship sustained heavy damage after being hit by Iranian naval missiles, according to the report.
The IRGC spokesperson also revealed that Iranian naval forces had launched four cruise missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln, which was positioned approximately 250 to 300 kilometers off the coast of Chabahar in southeastern Iran. Following the strikes, Naeini said, the carrier “fled toward the southeastern Indian Ocean.”
Operation True Promise 4 marks a significant response by Iranian military forces to the ongoing aggression by the Zionist regime and the US against Iranians.