Tehran / Washington — The human cost of Operation Epic Fury is coming into stark focus as U.S. and Israeli officials privately estimate that more than 1,000 Iranian combatants have been killed in just a few days of strikes targeting Revolutionary Guard units, missile forces and air‑defence networks.

According to Western intelligence briefings, the majority of fatalities come from IRGC missile brigades, drone operators and air‑defence crews caught in a rolling campaign of stealth air raids and cruise‑missile attacks stretching from the Gulf coast to the outskirts of Tehran and Isfahan. Several elite units tasked with firing on Israel and U.S. bases are believed to have lost a quarter to half of their personnel…..