Iranian regime spreads false propaganda while US and Israel dismantle terror networks and military assets.
US Central Command has once again exposed what it described as fabricated Iranian claims about its supposed achievements in the ongoing conflict against the United States and Israel.
On Saturday, Iranian security chief Ali Larijani claimed on social media that Iran had captured American soldiers during the fighting. According to the statement, Larijani asserted that several US troops had been taken prisoner.
CENTCOM swiftly rejected the claim, calling it another example of misinformation coming from the Iranian regime. US Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for the command, stated that Tehran is attempting to deceive the public by spreading false narratives about the battlefield situation.
CENTCOM also dismissed another Iranian claim that its missile and drone attacks had only targeted military installations. Iranian officials had suggested through official social media channels that their weapons were aimed strictly at military sites and that any deviation occurred due to external interference.
The US command rejected that explanation, stating that Iranian missiles and drones have deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure across the region. CENTCOM emphasized that US forces and their regional partners have worked together to defend airports, hotels and residential areas from what it described as reckless Iranian attacks.
Earlier in the week, CENTCOM also debunked additional Iranian claims suggesting that US forces were retreating from the region and suffering major losses. Iranian officials had alleged that American forces had lost aircraft, a naval destroyer and even one hundred US Marines.
CENTCOM firmly denied those reports and described them as completely false. According to the command, US forces are instead expanding their operational reach and continuing to strike targets deeper inside Iranian territory.
American forces have reportedly destroyed more than twenty Iranian vessels since the beginning of the operation, significantly weakening Tehran’s naval capabilities.
CENTCOM also reported a sharp decline in Iranian offensive activity since the campaign began. Drone launches by Iran have dropped by seventy three percent while ballistic missile launches have fallen by eighty six percent, indicating the growing pressure on the regime’s military infrastructure.
