Pentagon hits back as Iran's wartime leader makes outlandish claim that US soldiers 'have been taken prisoner' in unhinged rant

Ali Larijani, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and considered the most powerful man in the nation, issued a series of unverified claims about the conflict on Saturday night.


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