{"id":5363,"date":"2026-03-10T21:35:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/around-140-us-service-members-wounded-in-iran-war-pentagon-says\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:35:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:35:32","slug":"around-140-us-service-members-wounded-in-iran-war-pentagon-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/around-140-us-service-members-wounded-in-iran-war-pentagon-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 140 US service members wounded in Iran war, Pentagon says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>US Department of Defense says eight service members are still in critical condition as White House hails progress of assault.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The United States has confirmed that around 140 of its service members have been wounded since the start of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/3\/10\/iran-war-live-trump-says-conflict-will-be-over-soon-40-killed-in-tehran\">war against Iran<\/a> on February 28.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday that most of the injuries were minor.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/10\/pete-hegseth-vows-most-intense-day-of-us-strikes-against-iran\">Pentagon chief vows \u2018most intense day\u2019 of US strikes against Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/10\/our-hearts-were-shaking-tehran-residents-endure-heavy-israel-us-bombing\">\u2018Our hearts were shaking\u2019: Tehran endures night of heavy Israel, US bombing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/10\/energy-secretary-deletes-claim-us-military-escorted-tanker-through-hormuz\">White House denies US military escorted tanker in Hormuz after deleted post<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cSince the start of Operation Epic Fury, approximately 140 US service members have been wounded over 10 days of sustained attacks,\u201d Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vast majority of these injuries have been minor, and 108 service members have already returned to duty. Eight service members remain listed as severely injured and are receiving the highest level of medical care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement came after the Reuters news agency published a report citing two unidentified officials as saying that 150 service members were injured in the first 10 days of the war.<\/p>\n<p>The US military has confirmed seven fatalities from Iranian attacks across the region. It said on Monday that an eighth service member died of a \u201chealth-related incident\u201d in Kuwait.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has responded to the US-Israeli bombardment campaign that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and more than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/1\/us-israel-attacks-on-iran-death-toll-and-injuries-live-tracker\">1,250 other people<\/a> with missile and drone attacks against Israel and US bases in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has not ruled out deploying US troops to Iran.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/9\/trump-slams-mojtaba-khameneis-appointment-as-iran-projects-defiance\">US president said<\/a> the war was \u201cvery complete\u201d and would end soon. But his aides have said that the military campaign is just starting and will go on until all of its objectives are met.<\/p>\n<p>Asked which assessment is true, Trump told reporters on Monday: \u201cI think you could say both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the war marks the \u201cbeginning of building a new country\u201d, stressing that Iran\u2019s military assets have been degraded.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reiterated on Tuesday that the US assault is progressing ahead of schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president and the US military\u2019s initial timeline was about four to six weeks to achieve the full objectives of Operation Epic Fury,\u201d Leavitt said.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the goals are \u201cto destroy their missiles and their ability to make them, destroy their navy, permanently deny them nuclear weapons forever, and to, of course, weaken their evil terrorist proxies in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has consistently denied seeking a nuclear weapon and insists that its nuclear programme is peaceful, while Israel is widely believed to possess a covert nuclear arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>Following US strikes on three Iranian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/24\/us-re-asserts-2025-strikes-obliterated-irans-nuclear-programme\">nuclear facilities<\/a> in June 2025, Trump claimed that Washington had \u201cobliterated\u201d the Iranian nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Leavitt said Trump will decide when the objectives of the war, including Iran\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d, are met.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump will determine when Iran is in a place of unconditional surrender \u2014 when they no longer pose a credible and direct threat to the United States of America and our allies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Department of Defense says eight service members are still in critical condition as White House hails progress of assault. The United States has confirmed that around 140 of its service members have been wounded since the start of the war against Iran on February 28. The Pentagon said in a statement on Tuesday that &#8230; <a title=\"Around 140 US service members wounded in Iran war, Pentagon says\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/around-140-us-service-members-wounded-in-iran-war-pentagon-says\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Around 140 US service members wounded in Iran war, Pentagon says\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}