Four members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps were killed in joint United States-Saudi strikes on Popular Mobilization Forces bases in Iraq, according to Iran's IRGC-affiliated Mehr news agency. The reported deaths were not independently confirmed in the supplied evidence.
Mehr placed the four personnel at a PMF base in Diyala province. Two PMF sources separately told AFP that five Iranian advisers were among casualties at the Diyala site, creating a discrepancy over the number and description of Iranian personnel killed. Neither account named them.
The Iranian Consulate General in Najaf published an image of coffins draped in Iranian flags and issued a message linking Iranian and Iraqi losses. The image supported an official acknowledgment of Iranian deaths but did not, by itself, establish where or how each person was killed.
The strikes followed drone attacks in Saudi Arabia that Riyadh blamed on Iran-aligned Iraqi factions. The United States and Saudi Arabia conducted airstrikes on PMF positions, and the supplied report placed the overall PMF death toll at at least 20. The packet did not include operational details from either military about individual targets or strike assessments.
Iraqi political figures and pro-Iran armed groups condemned the action. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella network linked to the IRGC, gave Baghdad nearly a week to respond and threatened possible action against US interests and their partners. Its statements represented a warning by an armed faction, not evidence that a retaliatory operation had begun.
Some allied groups urged Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to cancel a planned trip to Riyadh and reverse agreements reached during a visit to Washington. Earlier in July, Zaidi had visited both Washington and Tehran, reflecting Iraq's effort to manage relations with rival powers.
Iraq's National Security Council met in emergency session under Zaidi and condemned the US-Saudi attacks. It said the government would develop a security plan to protect Iraqi territory and address violations of sovereignty. The supplied report did not describe immediate military measures resulting from that decision.
The PMF is an umbrella of Shiite armed groups that operates formally under Iraqi state authority. Some member factions are aligned with Iran and have been accused of acting independently in support of Tehran. That mixed structure is central to the political dispute over strikes on PMF installations.
The evidence supports an Iranian media acknowledgment of four IRGC deaths and a broader diplomatic escalation. The precise Iranian toll, the roles of those killed and the full strike results remained contested or undisclosed. Names were not released.
