WASHINGTON -- Three U.S. soldiers were killed in action and five others seriously injured as part of the military operation against Iran, the U.S. Central Command said Sunday.
Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions, said the command in a statement on social media, adding that they are "in the process of being returned to duty." (U.S.-Iran-Casualties)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's three-member interim leadership council has been formed and begun its operations, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Sunday in a video message carried by state-run IRIB TV.
He made the announcement hours after Iran confirmed the death of the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Saturday's U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. (Iran-Interim Leadership Council)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday the U.S. forces have sunk nine Iranian warships and largely destroyed Iran's navy headquarters.
"I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large and important," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. (U.S.-Iran-Warships)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed in a U.S.-Israeli attack here on Saturday, the Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) reported.
Ahmadinejad, who was also a member of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, was targeted at his residence in eastern Tehran, the report said, adding that some of his bodyguards were also killed in the attack. (Iran-Ahmadinejad-Killed)
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LONDON -- The military strike against Iran will "take four weeks -- or less," U.S. President Donald Trump said in an exclusive phone interview with Britain's Daily Mail, the newspaper reported Sunday.
The Daily Mail said Trump "broke his silence" on the first U.S. casualties in the conflict. Three U.S. soldiers were killed in action and five others seriously injured as part of the military operation against Iran, the U.S. Central Command said Sunday. (Iran-Strikes)
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BRUSSELS -- The European Union (EU) is following developments in Iran and the broader Middle East "with utmost concern" and has called on all sides to exercise maximum restraint, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday in a statement issued on behalf of the bloc.
The statement called for maximum restraint, the protection of civilians and full respect for international law, including the principles of the United Nations Charter and international humanitarian law, warning that the Middle East "stands to lose greatly from any drawn-out war." (EU-Iran) Enditem
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