[News] ‘Large number of US forces killed’ as Iran’s Armed Forces launch wholesale retaliation

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‘Large number of US forces killed’ as Iran’s Armed Forces launch wholesale
retaliation: IRGC
Presstv
September 1, 2026
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Frame grab from footage released on September 1, 2026 shows Iran’s Armed
Forces firing a Kheibar Shekan ballistic missile against US interests in
Jordan.

*Iran’s Armed Forces begin staging a series of combined retaliatory
operations featuring missile and drone strikes targeting regional American
bases and interests following the United States’ latest acts of deadly
unprovoked aggression against the Islamic Republic.*

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the launch of the
operations in a statement on Tuesday.

“Decisive operations by the Iranian Armed Forces in response to the
American terrorist enemy began minutes ago,” the Corps said. “US bases and
interests across the region are now coming under attack by Iranian missiles
and drones,” it added.

The operations follow multiple instance of unwarranted aggression against
targets inside the Islamic Republic, especially the country’s southern
areas.

*Reprisal follows civilian casualties*

The latest instance of the aggression featured a missile attack targeting
the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan’s Sirik County, where shrapnel
hit a residential structure in the city of Kouhestak as the building was
hosting a wedding ceremony.

So far, as many as four people have been martyred, including a child, and
50 others wounded.

The Corps lamented that the attack had revived poignant memories of the
brutality that was staged against civilian targets during the last round of
American-Israeli aggression against Iran that took place from February 28
until April 7.

It cited enemy attacks against a school in the city of Minab in Hormozgan
Province and a sports complex in the city of Lamerd in Fars, another
southern Iranian province, during which hundreds of innocent civilians were
martyred.

Earlier attacks had also hit Chabahar and Konarak Counties in Sistan and
Baluchestan, another southern Iranian province, and the Larak Island in the
Strait of Hormuz, prompting Iranian servicemen to stage a reprisal against
US forces stationed in Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

*‘US aggression only complicates Hormuz’s closure’*

The IRGC underlined that these attacks have only determined the Islamic
Republic to reinforce the closure it has imposed on the Strait of Hormuz in
response to previous American violations and “strengthened the resolve of
our warriors to crush the foreign forces interfering in Hormuz.”

The ongoing reprisal, it added, “will make the aggressors regret their
actions.”

According to the Corps, the first stage of the reprisal has seen Iran’s
new-generation aerospace defense system shoot down the 50th advanced MQ-9
drone belonging to the American aggressor.

*US personnel fatalities*

Later, the IRGC’s Aerospace Force “carried out a heavy ballistic-missile
strike against the US Marine barracks known as Camp Titiin in Jordan,
located on the shores of the Gulf of Aqaba,” the Corps said in a second
statement.

“The attack killed a large number of US personnel and destroyed several key
facilities and the enemy’s attack helicopters.”

*Army drone strikes target US base in Bahrain*

Meanwhile, Iran’s Army announced the 29th phase of its Operation Sa’eqeh
(Lightning) in response to the most recent enemy attacks.

The 29th phase saw the Army launch “a large-scale [retaliatory] attack
using explosive-laden drones against radar installations and gathering
points for US terrorist forces at Sheikh Isa Airbase in Bahrain.”

It described the drone strikes as “a forceful and extensive response to the
enemy’s acts of aggression,” saying Iranian servicemen “will exact a harsh
and regret-inducing revenge on the aggressors.”

The outpost is one of the most important and sensitive US bases in the
region, functioning as a major center for the maintenance and repair of
helicopters and drone components, and a reconnaissance aircraft hub.

The IRGC, meanwhile, hailed the popular support that has been staged
nationwide for the Armed Forces’ steadfast defense of the country in the
face of the aggressors.

“Your continued presence has exhausted and frustrated the American enemy,
while the resistance and strength demonstrated by your brave warriors in
the Strait of Hormuz have pestered the rulers of the White House,” the IRGC
concluded, addressing the public.
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