The US Department of Defense revealed that over 600 US soldiers have been injured since the war with Iran erupted at the end of February, amid allegations of data manipulation regarding military deaths.
According to the latest update from the US Department of Defense, or the Pentagon, on 25 Jul 2026 GMT+7, at least 624 US military personnel have been wounded since President Donald Trump ordered attacks on Iran on 28 Feb, sparking the ongoing conflict with Iran.
Among those injured, 417 were wounded in the “Epic Fury” operation, while another 207 were injured in the “Overseas Operations” category, which was newly added to the Pentagon’s website last Sunday, counting statistics from 7 Jul onward.
The US and Iran reached a ceasefire agreement in April and signed a memorandum of understanding in June; however, sporadic attacks from both sides continued until about two weeks ago, when the US and Iran engaged in retaliatory strikes for 13 consecutive nights before ceasing over the past weekend.
Last week, the Pentagon revised casualty figures by moving four deaths from the “Epic Fury” operation to the overseas operations death toll, which now stands at 14 fatalities in that category.
The quiet adjustment of casualty statistics without explanation, affecting both injured and deceased counts, has been criticized as undermining transparency.
“This task force seems to have serious problems telling the truth about what is happening—not only regarding casualty numbers but also about the overall war situation,” said Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former US Army Europe commander during Trump’s first term.
Republican Representative Thomas Massey, a frequent critic of Trump, called the categorization of the conflict on platform X a “nonsense ruse.”
However, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell stated via X that the data changes were due to a “temporary data glitch” and that “these website anomalies are being fixed in coordination with various military branches.”
The changes appear to reflect four US soldiers who died in July after the temporary agreement signed by Trump last month began to unravel and following the president’s declaration that the ceasefire with Iran was “over.”
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Source:bbc