The Pentagon announced that 34 U.S. soldiers have been diagnosed with traumatic head injuries as a result of the Iranian retaliatory attack against the United States.
Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman revealed the number of injured service members on Friday and noted that eight of them who had been transported to Germany for treatment are back in the U.S., the Guardian reported.
“This is a snapshot in time, what [President Trump] wanted to make sure is that you’re provided with the most accurate numbers,” Hoffman added after confirming those who were injured in the Jan. 8 attack.
Iran fired a missile attack in retaliation for the U.S. strike that killed top Iranian military official Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The U.S. claimed intelligence showed that he was preparing to attack U.S. citizens abroad. The strike was also in retaliation for orchestrating “attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months.”
Following Iran’s retaliation, the president said the U.S. “suffered no casualties” from the attack. When he was later questioned about the reports of soldiers suffering from head injuries, Trump stated, “I heard that they had headaches. And a couple of other things. But I would say, and I can report, it is not very serious.”
