Iranian Media Reports 8 Soldiers Killed in U.S. Airstrikes in Southern Iran

Eight Iranian soldiers were killed during U.S. airstrikes in southern Iran, carried out in response to attacks on merchant vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on July 8 (local time).

The agency stated, "Due to the criminal aggression of the U.S. terrorist military carried out early this morning, key air force and naval facilities in the southern regions of Bushehr and Bandar Abbas were struck by enemy missiles and other projectiles."

Citing the Iranian Ministry of Defense, the report added that eight service members were martyred after being hit by enemy projectiles, and it released the identities of the fallen soldiers.

Previously, the U.S. military announced that it had conducted precision strikes on over 80 targets in Iran, including air defense systems, command and control facilities, coastal radar stations, anti-ship missile assets, and small boats belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in retaliation for Iran's attacks on three merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that it had launched retaliatory strikes against 85 U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait.

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