The Pentagon raised the official US death toll from operations against Iran to 21 soldiers killed and 865 wounded, adding two previously unreported deaths.

The Pentagon raised the official US death toll from operations against Iran to 21 soldiers killed and 865 wounded, adding two previously unreported deaths.

The correction comes after the Washington Post reported that the Pentagon had suffered no deaths, a claim that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed as "absolutely false."

A separate training accident in Iraq brings the total number of US troops killed in the Middle East since February 28 to 22.

Source: WaPo