On July 23, local time, the US Department of Defense updated the number of US military deaths during the US-Iran conflict, which was lowered from the previously announced 18 to 14. According to US media reports, the reason for this data reduction is a contradiction between the military's internal claims and the official explanation given by the Department of Defense — the acting press secretary of the US Department of Defense revealed to the “New York Times” that the data change was due to a “temporary data failure” on the official website; however, the “New York Times” also quoted 3 anonymous US military officials as reporting that the above changes were made because of the 4 US soldiers who died. The time of death was after US President Trump announced a temporary cease-fire between the US and Iran in April, so “it is no longer included in the US military death list in action against Iran.”

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