“Greatest Ally”

**Submission Statement**

On June 8, 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli air and naval forces attacked the USS Liberty, a US Navy intelligence ship, in international waters, killing 34 US servicemen and wounding 171. Israel claimed it was a mistaken identity, believing the ship was Egyptian, though this remains controversial. This is a clear case of direct Israeli military action causing US troop deaths.

Over the past six decades, from 1965 to 2025, there are no documented cases where regular Iranian military forces, such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or the Iranian Army, directly caused the deaths of US troops.