Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that three military pilots were killed in a U.S. strike carried out two nights earlier.
The agency identified the pilots killed as Mojtaba Bagheri, Hamed Okati and Hossein Mahdavian. It said Bagheri and Okati served in the Iranian Navy, while Mahdavian served in the Iranian Air Force.
Iranian authorities report 18 dead and 142 wounded
According to the casualty figures released by Iranian authorities for the period from August 30 to September 2, at least 18 people were killed and 142 wounded in the U.S. attacks.
According to the breakdown provided by officials, four people were killed in Sirik, in southern Hormozgan province; seven in Khuzestan; four members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force in western Kermanshah province; and three members of the paramilitary Basij force on Lavan Island.
Iranian media had previously reported that naval personnel member Amirhossein Salimzadeh was killed in a U.S. strike on September 1 while serving in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
Clashes resume after an approximately monthlong pause
The latest wave of clashes began when the United States attacked Iran-linked Larak Island on August 30. The strike ended an approximately monthlong pause in direct clashes.
Following the United States’ new attacks on Iranian territory, the government in Tehran responded with missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles against U.S. military facilities across the region. Iran’s retaliatory attacks were also reported to have targeted U.S. military facilities in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
