Pentagon removes 15 wounded troops from Iran casualty list

The Intercept reports the Pentagon removed 15 wounded-in-action U.S. service members from its Iran war casualty list. The Defense Department deleted those 15 entries from the public wounded-in-action tally and provided no immediate public explanation for the change. The entries covered troops hurt in operations tied to the U.S.-Iran hostilities, not battlefield deaths. The revision matters because official casualty counts shape congressional oversight, the public record, and tracking of benefits and care for injured service members and their families.