More than 600 US military service members injured since Iran War began in February

What the report says

BBC World News reported that the Pentagon’s 25 July casualty update lists at least 624 US service members wounded since President Donald Trump ordered strikes on Iran in February. The total is divided between 417 wounded under Operation Epic Fury, the name used for the initial attack, and 207 under a newly listed category called “Overseas Operations.”

The BBC said the Pentagon also revised death figures last week. Operation Epic Fury had shown 18 deaths and 482 wounded as recently as Tuesday, before four names were removed and the death toll for that operation was lowered to 14 on Thursday. Those four Army soldiers now appear under Overseas Operations, which the Pentagon site says covers casualties from 7 July 2026. It is not clear from the BBC report whether all 207 wounded in that category were injured in the Iran conflict.

The reclassification has drawn criticism from some former and current officials. Retired Lt Gen Ben Hodges, a former commander of US forces in Europe, accused the administration of lacking candour about the war, while Republican congressman Thomas Massie described the category split on X as a misleading device. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said on X that the changing figures reflected temporary website and data problems being addressed with the military services, according to the BBC.

The casualty changes come despite an April ceasefire agreement and a June memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. The BBC reported that attacks continued afterward, including Iranian strikes on US bases in nearby countries and US attacks on Iranian military infrastructure, before a pause in recent days.