In direct clashes with US forces 9 Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard announces the killing of 9 of its members in direct clashes with the American forces in the Gulf waters.

On Monday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced the killing of 9 of its members in direct clashes with US forces in the Gulf waters.

The Iranian Mehr news agency quoted the commander of the Revolutionary Guards' navy, Ali Reza Tangsiri, as saying that direct clashes erupted with US forces in the Gulf, without specifying the timing.

Tangsiri explained that the clashes resulted in the killing of 9 members of the Revolutionary Guards, without further details.

He added: "There have been many direct clashes between the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards and the American forces."

And the commander of the naval forces continued, "We have dealt 9 strikes against our fallen martyrs," without mentioning the locations or times of those strikes.