The Islamic Republic Army confirmed the deaths of eight of its personnel in the early-morning attacks by the United States on southern Iran on Wednesday, 17 Tir.

The public relations office of the Islamic Republic Army, in a statement, announced that following U.S. attacks on areas in southern Iran, eight air and naval forces personnel of the army were killed in Bandar Abbas and Bushehr.

The statement said that Captain Ali Moayeni from the Shahid Yasini base in Bushehr, First Lieutenant Ali Mahdi Zadeh, Third Lieutenant Hamid Dorai, Second Warrant Officer Amir Hossein Ghasemi, Second Warrant Officer Alireza Zareei Sani and Second Warrant Officer Alireza Balideh from the Shahid Abdolkarimi base in Bandar Abbas, as well as Second Naval Warrant Officer Shahab Omidi Bezai and Second Navy Officer Mohammad Javad Ravanfar from the first naval force region of the army were killed in the course of these attacks.