US military injury count in Iran war surpasses 140 as Trump continues to downplay conflict

The US military publicly announced that approximately 140 American servicemembers had been injured during the Iran war, a significant toll that continued to mount even as Trump told interviewers the war was nearly over. The injuries were sustained across multiple countries where US forces were stationed, reflecting the wide geographic scope of Iranian retaliatory attacks. The casualty figures contradicted Trump's repeated characterizations of the war as going 'great,' as a 'short-term excursion,' and his claim that there was 'practically nothing left to target.' The death toll stood at 13 following the KC-135 crash the previous day. These figures would continue rising, with the Washington Post later reporting the wounded total exceeded 200 across seven countries by March 16.