Key facts
- Nearly 100 US service members have been injured since July 7.
- Three US soldiers were killed in attacks on Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base.
- One US soldier was killed and another wounded in Iraq's Erbil Air Base.
- Iran stated it is prepared for a US ground invasion.
- US forces conducted strikes on Iranian military sites.
- Iran reported being targeted in Bushehr and called for condemnation of an attack on its Darkhovin nuclear plant.
Nearly 100 American service members have sustained injuries since July 7 amid escalating conflict between the US and Iran, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced on Monday. Parnell denounced a New York Times report alleging the Pentagon withheld casualty figures as "baseless" and "malicious," asserting the department's transparency.
Over the weekend, three US Army soldiers were killed in ballistic missile attacks on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan: Private Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas; Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii; and a third soldier provisionally listed as missing. In Iraq, Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed and another soldier was wounded during the "controlled detonation" of an Iranian attack drone at Erbil Air Base. Parnell stated that the majority of injured personnel suffered minor concussions and 96 percent have since returned to duty.
The conflict has intensified following the breakdown of a 60-day ceasefire brokered by the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baghaei, declared readiness to "welcome" a US ground invasion, asserting that the US has no justification to violate the interim deal signed in June. US Central Command reported its ninth consecutive night of strikes, targeting Iranian military command centers, air defense sites, and missile launch locations, aiming to degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump commented that the recent "very hard" attacks were in "honor" of the fallen service members, stating Iran has been "very, very badly damaged." Iranian state media reported strikes in the southern port city of Bushehr, home to a civilian nuclear plant, with Governor Mohammad Mozaffari stating the scope of damage is under investigation. Tehran also called on the International Atomic Energy Agency to condemn a US attack on its Darkhovin nuclear plant, which Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation described as a "clear violation of international law."