Trump warns Iran of severe retaliation for any US troop deaths
Donald Trump has vowed a forceful response if any US soldiers are killed by Iran, saying the country will pay a heavy price for any attack.
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AIFormer US President Donald Trump has warned Iran of a strong response to any targeting of American forces, stressing that the United States will retaliate forcefully if any US soldier is killed.
Writing on his Truth Social account, Trump said: "Every time Iran kills an American soldier, it will pay a price many times over! The Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Keane, and all military leaders have been informed of this directive."
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Trump's remarks came after US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Sunday that an American soldier was killed in northern Iraq while conducting a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from an Iranian suicide drone that had crashed earlier.
CENTCOM added in a statement that another US soldier suffered minor injuries in the same incident and is still receiving medical treatment.
In a separate incident, CENTCOM said its forces discovered unidentified remains at the site of an earlier incident in Jordan that resulted in the deaths of two soldiers and the disappearance of a third. The remains are undergoing examination to confirm their identity.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that the number of US military personnel killed during the conflict with Iran has risen to 17 over the past five months, citing data from US Central Command.