Three American service members have been killed and five others wounded during ongoing U.S. military operations against Iran. President Donald Trump acknowledged the deaths in a phone interview, saying, “We have three, but we expect casualties, but in the end it’s going to be a great deal for the world.” The U.S. Central Command confirmed the casualties came from military actions that began as a joint U.S.-Israeli operation early Saturday morning, February 28.
Trump announced on Saturday that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, had been killed in the strikes. According to NBC News, he also told reporters that a “large amount” of Iran’s other senior leaders had been killed. On Sunday, he said the operation was “ahead of schedule,” noting that “when we get 48 leaders, that’s a big event.”
