US Soldiers Killed in Iran's Kuwait Attack? CENTCOM Fact-Checks Iranian Claims

This latest dispute comes on the heels of a major escalation between the two countries. The United States launched a large scale assault on Iran overnight Saturday into Sunday, striking roughly 140 Iranian military sites in a single sweep.

U.S. Central Command has flatly denied an Iranian media claim that three American service members were killed in strikes on Kuwait, calling the report false and insisting every member of its regional personnel is safe and accounted for.

The denial came straight from CENTCOM’s official account on X, which addressed the Iranian claim head on. The post labeled the report “Iranian propaganda” and stated plainly that no American service member deaths or injuries have occurred anywhere in the region. According to the statement, all personnel have been accounted for.

In the aftermath of the initial American strikes, several US allies across the Gulf reported coming under fire from Iran, with Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar all affected to varying degrees.

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The picture emerging from other Gulf nations paints a fuller picture of the fallout. Kuwait reported that drone strikes damaged both border posts and an offshore oil drilling rig. Qatar said at least three people were injured, including a child, during efforts to intercept incoming drones. Jordan confirmed that missiles had landed within its borders but said there were no casualties and that damage was limited. Meanwhile, the UAE said it had detected incoming threats, though none of them actually reached the country.

Adding to the confusion, the US and Iran are once again offering conflicting accounts of what’s happening in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical shipping routes. President Trump told CNN in an interview that the strait remains fully open, while Iranian officials maintain they’ve restricted maritime traffic through the passage. Shipping data appears to support Iran’s version to some degree, showing that traffic through the strait had slowed to a trickle by Sunday, continuing what has become a recurring standoff between the two sides over control of the waterway.