Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released detailed claims of damage inflicted on US forces during operations between 6 and 22 July, stating that strikes destroyed seven command-and-control centres, six Patriot air-defence radars, three satellite communication systems, and at least 11 aircraft and helicopters on the ground, including an F-15 fighter, a P-8 maritime patrol aircraft and a C-17 transport plane. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi told the Tasnim news agency that the attacks also hit 17 reconnaissance and combat drones, logistics depots, fuel storage, and an Amazon-linked data-processing centre. A separate IRGC-affiliated Telegram channel published an infographic listing over 10 fighter jets and helicopters and approximately 17 drones damaged, along with the targeting of US-linked bases and centres.

Casualty figures remain sharply contested. Brigadier General Mohsen Mohebi, also identified as an IRGC spokesman, claimed that “the number of Americans killed as a result of Operation Victory-2 exceeded 200 people, and the number of wounded is far above that figure.” These assertions contrast with the official Pentagon tally, which, according to The New York Times, was revised downward on its website from 18 to 14 fatalities. The revision prompted anger from US veterans’ families and members of Congress, with one Navy veteran calling it a “slap in the face” and relatives accusing the Pentagon of attempting to erase the sacrifice of fallen soldiers. No independent verification of either side’s figures is available.

Iran rejected a ceasefire proposal transmitted by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on 23 July, with Iranian officials telling The New York Times that the government had no interest in a temporary arrangement that did not address control of the Strait of Hormuz. Brigadier General Mohammad Akraminia, an Iranian army spokesman, stated that the three-month ceasefire period had been used to rebuild and strengthen air-defence capabilities, with repaired systems restored and new equipment integrated, making the country’s airspace “relatively more unsafe for the enemy” than before. He added that Iranian forces had destroyed “almost all American infrastructure” in Erbil and that anti-revolution elements there no longer had the capacity to operate.

Viewed from Israel, Brigadier General (res.) Zvika Haimovich, a former air-defence commander, assessed that Iran’s ability to fire more than 60 ballistic missiles at Jordan, including at the al-Azraq base, demonstrated that its command-and-control systems remain functional and that its recovery rate is faster than Western estimates. He noted that some missiles were likely extracted from underground “missile cities” after their entrances were bombed, and that Russian and Chinese assistance in electronics, guidance and communications had aided the effort. IRGC analysts, cited by Tasnim, estimated total US material losses at $20 billion, with the largest share attributed to air-defence and radar systems. The conflict continues without a new ceasefire framework, and Iran has signalled readiness to sustain operations until, in Akraminia’s words, “the Americans understand they cannot impose their will on the Iranian nation through aggression.”