Overview
- The U.S. military said Sunday that at least three service members were killed and five others seriously wounded during operations in Iran.
- President Donald Trump pledged to avenge the fallen and warned in a video statement that more American casualties are likely.
- In Massachusetts, Sen. Elizabeth Warren called the deaths horrific and Rep. Seth Moulton criticized the president’s comments as disrespectful, while Republican state Rep. Steven Xiarhos, who lost a son in Afghanistan, voiced grief and emphasized support for service members and families.
- Sen. Ed Markey denounced the Iran action as an unnecessary and illegal war of choice and Rep. Stephen Lynch urged a full congressional debate with no boots on the ground, as Democrats push for a War Powers Resolution vote this week.
- Coverage links the casualties to earlier U.S.-Israeli strikes in which news outlets reported Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed, a claim not uniformly verified by officials.