{"id":4925,"date":"2026-07-13T09:53:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:53:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T04:53:43","slug":"centcom-posts-fact-check-over-iranian-service-member-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4925","title":{"rendered":"CENTCOM Posts Fact-Check Over Iranian Service Member Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5719281\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5719281\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5719281\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centcom-1200x662.jpg\" alt=\"CENTCOM\" width=\"1200\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centcom-1200x662.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centcom-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centcom-768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centcom-1536x848.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/04\/centcom-2048x1130.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5719281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. Central Command posted a \u201cfact check\u201d on Sunday, right before the U.S. military launched a new barrage of strikes against Iran at 5:00 p.m. ET on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCLAIM: Iranian propaganda claimed today that three American service members were killed in Kuwait by strikes from Iran. FALSE,\u201d said the CENTCOM post that came at 4:27 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>The post continued, \u201cTRUTH: There are zero reports of U.S. service member deaths or injuries in the region. All personnel are accounted for.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"dc48a9e93a17a73c10de0f16c8bff60f\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udeab CLAIM: Iranian propaganda claimed today that three American service members were killed in Kuwait by strikes from Iran. FALSE.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 TRUTH: There are zero reports of U.S. service member deaths or injuries in the region. All personnel are accounted for. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9RZCN7puWT\">pic.twitter.com\/9RZCN7puWT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2076403173976166407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>About a half hour after the \u201cfact check,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2076415793458303021\">CENTCOM wrote<\/a>, \u201cAt 5 p.m. ET today, U.S. Central Command forces began launching more strikes against Iran to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The Commander in Chief has directed the strikes to hold Iranian forces accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those escalating strikes come after Iran violated the ceasefire under the agreed-to Memorandum of Understanding, by striking a Cyprus-flagged container ship on Saturday. The U.S. responded by striking Iran on Saturday and again Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>One civilian crew member remained missing after the commercial ship <em>GFS Galaxy<\/em> was hit by an Iranian strike in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> called in to NBC News\u2019s <em>Meet The Press<\/em> Sunday morning to talk about the late U.S. Sen. <strong>Lindsey Graham<\/strong>, but he did give some insight into the situation in the strait.<\/p>\n<p>Host <strong>Kristen Welker<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/trump-claims-the-strait-of-hormuz-is-open-in-testy-retort-to-nbcs-welker\/\">asked if the strait was open<\/a> as CENTCOM maintained, or closed as the Iranians insisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s open, and I don\u2019t want to talk about it because I want to honor the life of Lindsey Graham,\u201d Trump said. \u201cSo, I don\u2019t want to talk about it. I told you that before the call,\u201d Trump told Welker, before launching into a discussion on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s open. We bombed the hell out of them last night. They\u2019re very, very evil and sick people. We had meetings with them for the last \u2014 they agreed to a deal yesterday. It\u2019s a perfect deal for us. No nuclear, no this, no that, no nothing. They gave up everything. And then after that, they left the room. And then within an hour, they launched a drone at a ship. I said, \u201cYou people are sick. You\u2019re sick people.\u201d And so, it\u2019s one of those things. I don\u2019t want to talk about it. 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