Ilhan Omar claims no one has 'attacked Americans,' but Iran's deadly history tells different story

As lawmakers statement what role, if any, the United States should play successful the escalating struggle between Israel and Iran, progressive "Squad" subordinate Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., made the funny assertion that nary 1 has "attacked" the United States. 

"No 1 is attacking oregon has attacked Americans. It’s clip to halt dragging Americans into warfare and letting Israel erstwhile again get America progressive successful their chosen war. Stand up for the Americans who believed you wanted bid and don’t perpetrate different procreation of Americans into a costly war," Omar said successful response to President Donald Trump. 

Trump called for Iran's "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" connected Truth Social connected Tuesday, and said the United States won't onslaught Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei "at slightest not for now," but signaled America's "patience is wearing thin." 

A Fox News Digital report published Wednesday greeting refutes Omar's assertion that Americans person not been attacked, including extended examples of Iran’s nonstop and proxy strikes connected U.S. forces, enactment for panic groups and assassination efforts.

IN IRAN'S ‘FOREVER WAR’ AGAINST THE US, REGIME HAS TARGETED AND KILLED AMERICANS WORLDWIDE

In this April 20, 2021, record photograph Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks successful Brooklyn Center, Minn., during a quality conference.  (Morry Gash/AP Photo)

Omar's bureau did not respond to Fox News Digital's enquiry astir the validity of her claim. 

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News’ Bret Baier connected Monday that Trump remains an Islamic Republic target. "They privation to termination him. He’s force No. 1."

The Department of Justice announced charges against an Iranian national and 2 New Yorkers successful November for their relation successful a murder-for-hire crippled targeting aggregate American citizens, including Trump. 

Iran bears work for the deaths of 603 U.S. work members successful Iraq betwixt 2003 and 2011, according to a 2019 Pentagon study cited by the Military Times. That fig accounted for 17% of U.S. deaths successful the state during the period. 

In 2022, surviving household members and victims won a lawsuit against the Islamic Republic of Iran, utilizing the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to clasp the authorities accountable for its enactment of panic actors who killed oregon injured 30 U.S. unit successful Afghanistan.

Relatives and friends of Daisy Yitzhaki, 85, who was killed during an Iranian rocket attack, mourn during her ceremonial astatine Segula cemetery successful Petah Tikva, Israel, connected Wednesday. (Oded Balilty/AP Photo)

Bill Roggio, elder chap astatine the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and exertion of the Long War Journal who testified successful enactment of the victims, told Fox News Digital that "Iran's enactment for the Taliban and al Qaeda and the interaction it had connected the deaths and injuries to American soldiers and civilians is incalculable."

"Iran provided money, weapons, training, intelligence, and harmless haven to Taliban subgroups crossed Afghanistan, including successful the bosom of the state successful Kabul," Roggio said.

By Roggio’s estimation, "Iran's enactment for the Taliban was lone rivaled by that of Pakistan. I would reason that Iran's extended enactment facilitated astir each Taliban onslaught connected U.S. personnel."

In 2020, successful attempted retribution for the execution of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Iran targeted 2 U.S. bases lodging U.S. troops successful Iraq with surface-to-surface missiles.

In 2022, the U.S. District Court successful Washington, D.C., recovered that Iran likewise owed damages to the families and victims of 40 U.S. work members who were injured oregon killed successful Iraq owed to Iran’s enactment of coercion successful the country.

Israel's aerial defence targets Iranian missiles successful the entity of Tel Aviv successful Israel connected June 16, 2025. (MATAN GOLAN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

In 2023, Sayyed Issa Tabatabai, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s typical successful Lebanon, admitted during an interrogation with the state-controlled Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that the Islamic Republic was progressive successful 2 1983 bombings that killed Americans successful Lebanon. 

The bombing of the U.S. Embassy successful Beirut resulted successful the deaths of 63 victims, including 17 Americans. When 2 termination motortruck bombs exploded astatine the barracks of multinational forces successful Lebanon, 220 Marines, 18 U.S. Navy sailors and 3 U.S. Army soldiers were killed, and 58 French troops were murdered.

Between October 2023 and August 2024, Iranian-backed Islamic Resistance successful Iraq militias launched 180 attacks against U.S. forces successful Syria, Iraq and Jordan. Throughout their "decades of experience," Roggio said, Iraqi militias "are estimated to person killed much than 600 U.S. work members."

In January 2024, 3 Americans were killed, and 25 others were wounded successful a drone onslaught connected an outpost successful Jordan adjacent the borderline with Syria. Two Iranians, 1 of whom had dual U.S. citizenship, were charged successful transportation with the attack.

At the clip of the attack, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Iranian proxies had "launched implicit 150 attacks connected U.S. troops" pursuing Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks connected Israel. 

Smoke rises from the gathering of Iran's state-run tv aft an Israeli onslaught successful Tehran, Iran, connected Monday. (AP Photo)

Roggio reported that connected June 14, Iranian-backed militias "launched 3 drones" astatine Ain al Assad, a U.S. basal successful occidental Iraq. The drones were changeable down earlier reaching their target. 

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He said that the drone onslaught appeared to beryllium an "unsanctioned onslaught by an unnamed Iranian militia. Unlike past attacks, nary radical has claimed credit, and determination person been nary follow-on strikes." He believes Iran "wants to support the U.S. retired of the fight, arsenic the U.S. subject has the capableness to deed the underground atomic installation astatine Fordow."