The Pentagon updated data on US military casualties in the conflict with Iran

According to the Pentagon, US military casualties in the conflict with Iran have increased to 21 people.

The new data includes the deaths of two military personnel that were not related to combat operations.

The number of US military casualties in the operation against Iran is estimated at 865 people.

MOSCOW, October 10 - RIA Novosti. The Pentagon has updated data on casualties among the US military in the conflict with Iran; they have increased to 21, the Washington Post reports, citing the US Department of War.

“As of Friday, the total number of soldier deaths that the administration has linked to operations against Iran and officially reported in the DCAS (Defense Casualty Analysis System – ed.) is 21,” the publication writes.

The newspaper notes that the new figures include data on the deaths of two American military personnel in non-combat circumstances. We are talking about a National Guardsman who died in Kuwait on March 6, as well as an unnamed US Navy employee who committed suicide in September.

According to the newspaper, the number of US military casualties in the operation against Iran is currently estimated at 865.

The US also reported the death of a soldier in an incident in Iraq in May during a training exercise, but this incident appears in the casualty statistics of the recently concluded Operation Inherent Resolve.

The Pentagon did not comment on the updated figures to the newspaper, but indicated that it is in the process of adjusting the methodology for estimating loss data.