Seven members of Iran’s security forces have been killed in US strikes in western and southern Iran, Iranian authorities and media reported on Wednesday.
Four members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force were killed in an attack in western Kermanshah province, the IRGC’s provincial branch said in a statement.
Separately, three members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force, affiliated with the IRGC, were killed in an overnight US strike on Lavan Island in southern Hormozgan province, Iranian media reported.
Abdolkarim Pouladifar, deputy commander of the IRGC’s Seyyed al-Shohada unit in Deyr county, identified the three as Mahdi Bahrani, Hossein Salehnejad and Hassan Momeni, according to Mehr News Agency.
Pouladifar said several other personnel from Deyr were also injured in the attack.
Lavan Island, off Iran’s southern coast in Hormozgan province, is home to oil and energy facilities.
Other reported casualties
The deaths come amid US strikes on several locations across Iran.
Seven people were killed and eight others injured in US missile strikes in southern Khuzestan province on Tuesday, according to Iranian authorities.
Separately, four people, including a four-year-old child, were killed and 68 others injured when a US missile struck a wedding ceremony in Sirik, Hormozgan province, Iranian authorities said.
