Six US soldiers were killed in Iran’s retaliatory attack on regional bases

Six US military service members have been killed amid Iran’s retaliation for US and Israeli attacks over the weekend, officials said Monday.

The U.S. military recently recovered two remains previously unaccounted for by service members from a facility that was attacked during Iran’s initial strikes in the area, U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, said.

“Major combat operations are ongoing. Identities of the dead are being withheld for 24 hours after notification of next of kin,” said a Centcom post on X States.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah was killed after the US attack Ali KhameneiTehran launched attacks on US military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as well as Israel.

On Monday, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Cain, said more US troops are moving to the Middle East amid an escalation fueled by Iran.

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US Navy fighter jets on an aircraft carrier. US Central Command said on Monday that six US service members were killed in an Iranian attack. (US Central Command)

The U.S. mission in Iran, Kaine said, “is to prevent Iran from being able to project power beyond its borders.”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth The mission is to prevent Tehran from developing nuclear weapons as well as destroy some of its military capabilities.

At the end of the week, Iran had 11 ships Gulf of Oman Where it has disrupted commercial shipping, Centcom said, the number was down to zero by Monday.

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“The Iranian regime has harassed and attacked international shipping in the Gulf of Oman for decades. Those days are over,” it said. “Freedom of maritime navigation has underpinned American and global economic prosperity for more than 80 years. The U.S. military will continue to protect it.”

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