No US military personnel killed in seven months of war with Iran - Trump

US President Donald Trump has claimed that no American military personnel have been killed in the past seven months, as he defended Washington’s ongoing confrontation with Iran.

Trump made the statement on Friday while speaking to reporters, insisting that the United States was not engaged in a war with Iran despite the escalating military tensions between the two countries.

“We’re not fighting,” Trump said, contrasting the situation with the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

He further claimed that the United States had imposed what he described as “the greatest blockade in military history” against Tehran.

The US president also disclosed that Washington was making progress in its engagements with Iran, suggesting that Tehran was interested in reaching an agreement.

“We’re dealing with them now. They want to make a deal,” he said.

“We’ve made a lot of progress with Iran,” Trump added, without providing further details about the negotiations.

Trump also acknowledged that American forces had carried out limited strikes against Iranian military equipment, claiming that a recently developed Iranian air defence system was destroyed within minutes.

“They built a little bit of an anti-aircraft device, and we knocked it out in about 15 minutes, maybe five,” he said, without identifying the location or date of the operation.

He further claimed that Iran’s navy had been destroyed and that the country was experiencing an inflation rate of 300 per cent.