US awards 29 Purple Hearts for brain injuries in Iran attack
AP – Six Army soldiers who were injured in a ballistic missile attack in Iraq in January have been awarded Purple Hearts,…
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US troops with brain injuries from Iran missile attack expected to get Purple Heart medals
Sputnik – The US Department of Defense has revealed that a number of American troops injured in the January 8 missile strike…
Additional US service member diagnosed with brain injury from Iran attack
The Hill – One more U.S. service member has been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury following Iran’s January missile strike in…
‘Hit with a truck’ – How Iran’s missiles inflicted brain injury on US troops
Reuters | Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali: In the wee hours of Jan. 8, Tehran retaliated over the U.S. killing of Iran’s most powerful…
Iranian cmdr. says US must come out and admit damages to Ain al-Asad base
IRNA – Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolution’s Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier-General Ali Fadavi said on Saturday that Tehran has a large…
The Iranian missile strike did far more damage than Trump admits
The New York Times | Loren DeJonge Schulman and Paul Scharre: Hundreds of our troops suffered brain trauma. We need to reconsider…
Trump downplays brain injuries in Iran attack with toll at 109
Bloomberg – President Donald Trump again downplayed the severity of head injuries suffered by U.S. troops during an Iranian missile attack, as…
IRGC spokesman: US Gov’t reporting death of soldiers as traumatic brain injury
FNA – Spokesman of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Brigadier General Ramezan Sharif said that the Pentagon is trying to fool the…
More than 100 US troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack
Reuters – The U.S. military on Monday disclosed a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran’s…
US fatalities in Ain al-Assad far more than reported: IRGC spokesman
Tasnim – The spokesperson for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the American casualties caused by the January 8 missile attack…
US will have to announce heavy casualties inflicted in Iran attack on Iraq base
Iran Front Page – A top Iranian military official says Washington will have to announce the casualties that the US military suffered…
Iran Guards to disclose new information about US base attack – ISNA
Reuters – Iran will soon disclose new information about the missile attack it carried out against a U.S. base in Iraq last…
Soldiers who suffered brain injuries from Iranian strikes eligible for Purple Hearts – Pentagon
Sputnik – A growing number of US troops diagnosed with varying degrees of brain trauma from the January 8 missiles strikes conducted…
Enemy has taken off option of negotiation from table: Defense Minister
IRNA – Minister of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Froces Brigadier-General Amir Hatami said on Tuesday that the enemy has taken…
US seeks Iraqi nod to bring in air defenses after Iran attack
Reuters – The United States is trying to secure permission from Iraq to take Patriot missile defenses into the country to better…
US brain injury numbers cover-up for dead US troops in Iranian missile strike: IRGC
Press TV – The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has said that Washington’s alleged numbers of “brain injuries” in its…
More American troops sustain brain injuries from Iran missile strike in Iraq
The New York Times – The number, which has steadily increased since the Jan. 8 attack, is now at 64. The Defense…
US says 50 troops now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike
Reuters – The Pentagon said on Tuesday 50 U.S. service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by…
Shaheen calls on Trump to apologize for downplaying injuries
AP — Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on Sunday called on President Donald Trump to apologize for minimizing injuries suffered…
Enemies to regret any military action against Iran: IRGC chief
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami warned the adversaries that any military action against…
Iran strike proved worthlessness of US military’s vaunted tech: American analyst
Tasnim – Iran’s retaliatory strike against a US base in Iraq earlier this month proved the worthlessness of the US military’s vaunted…
US veteran group ‘expects’ Trump apology for brain injury comment
Reuters – A U.S. war veteran group is “expecting” an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his comments that downplayed traumatic…
Iran missile precision indicated US miscalculations: US Academic
IRNA – University of California professor David Yaghoubian said that Iran’s precision missile attack on US bases in Iraq made Washington review…
Pentagon says 34 US troops suffered Brain injuries from Iranian missile strike
NPR | David Welna: Eight U.S. troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) arrived in the U.S. on Friday, according to Pentagon spokesman…
Biden calls Trump comments on US troop injuries in Iraq missile attack ‘disgusting
Fox News – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden slammed President Trump on Friday for his comments about the injuries suffered by U.S.…
US says 34 troops diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after Iran strike
Reuters – The Pentagon said on Friday that 34 service members had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following missile strikes by…
Veterans differ with Trump over injuries from Iran missile attack
The Wall Street Journal | Michael M. Phillips and Nancy A. Youssef: President says U.S. injuries in attack in Iraq weren’t very…
Basij Commander: US bases no more credited after IRGC’s retaliatory missile strikes
FNA – Commander of Basij (volunteer) forces Brigadier General Gholamreza Soleimani underlined that the January 8 retaliatory missile attacks against the US…
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy slams Trump for downplaying injuries in Iran attack
CBS News – Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut accused the president of misleading the American public for weeks by denying any U.S.…
Trump acknowledges non-‘Serious’ US injuries from Iran’s barrage
Bloomberg – President Donald Trump acknowledged that Americans were hurt in an Iranian missile barrage to retaliate for the U.S. killing of…
US military says additional service members treated for injuries from Iranian strikes
CNN – US Central Command announced Tuesday that additional US troops who were serving at a base in Iraq that was struck…
Tehran says Baghdad was notified ahead of Iranian missile strike on US bases
TASS – Iran warned Iraqi authorities about the Iranian missile strike on the Ayn al-Asad US military base in advance, says Iranian…
It wasn’t luck that no US soldiers were killed In Iran’s strikes on Iraq
The National Interest | Mackenzie Eaglen: Know This: The fact that no Americans perished in Iran’s strike on US bases inside Iraq…
IRGC missile attack on US bases in Iraq gave courage to Muslim, freedom seekers: MP
MNA – Referring to the IRGC missile attack on US bases in Iraq, a Member of Iranian Parliament Habibollah Dehmardeh said that…
Initial reports of no injuries from Iran’s attack were inaccurate
FactCheck.org | Robert Farley: Despite repeated statements from President Donald Trump that “no one was hurt” in Iran’s missile attack on two…
Iran’s strikes on US bases a ‘very impressive’ display of missile capability: Analyst
Press TV – The Islamic Republic of Iran’s defensive missile capability, as evident in the country’s retaliatory strikes on American military bases…
Iran’s Supreme Leader rebukes US in rare Friday sermon
The New York Times | Farnaz Fassihi and Ben Hubbard: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told thousands of worshipers that God’s backing had allowed…
Countries demand Iran compensate relatives of plane-crash victims
Reuters – Five countries whose citizens died when Iran shot down an airliner last week said on Thursday that Tehran should pay…
Eleven US troops injured in Jan. 8 Iran missile attack in Iraq
Reuters – The United States treated 11 of its troops for symptoms of concussion after an Iranian missile attack on an Iraqi…
‘We Could Feel the Shock Wave’: How US troops withstood attack on Iraq base
The Wall Street Journal | Isabel Coles: More than two hours before Iran fired its first salvo of missiles at the large…