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Pentagon lowers official Iran war death toll, omitting four killed this month
Pentagon officials said nearly 100 U.S. troops were injured in recent Iranian strikes as casualty counts on its website changed again.
- The Pentagon reduced its official Iran war death toll from 18 to 14 on its Defense Casualty Analysis System database.
- Military officials cited post-ceasefire classification as a primary driver, telling The New York Times that four service members killed in Jordan and Iraq were excluded because their deaths occurred after President Trump's initial ceasefire declaration in April.
- Pentagon spokespersons disputed reports of intentional exclusion, with acting press secretary Joel Valdez and spokesman Sean Parnell attributing the change to "temporary data disruptions" and "site anomalies" on the casualty portal.
- President Trump publicly maintained the 18-person figure during remarks following a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base for the four fallen service members.
- The discrepancy fueled backlash over wartime transparency, with congressional critics accusing the administration of attempting to compartmentalize casualties to minimize the perceived human cost of the ongoing conflict.
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Pentagon leaves casualty totals uncorrected on website after deaths and injuries disappeared
The Pentagon’s website that tracks war casualties remains incorrect nearly a day after the totals for US service member deaths and injuries in the war with Iran were reduced in what Defense Department officials called a “data disruption.”
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Trump Scorned For Erasing Fallen Soldiers From Casualty List
Source: Kevin Dietsch / Getty According to reports, the Defense Department lowered the number of casualties in the current conflict in Iran from 18 to 14, removing four soldiers’ names in the process. The decision was purportedly at the behest of President Donald Trump, who received heavy scorn for the move.
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