Hyderabad, April 3 -- Around 750 troops of the United States have been wounded or killed since October 2023 in West Asia, including in the Iran war, which the Pentagon is not willing to acknowledge, The Intercept reported.

Under the authority of the Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the US Department of Defence (DoD), the Central Command - or CENTCOM - is actively engaged in a "casualty cover-up," according to a defence official, who alleged the agency is relaying outdated data and deceptively low figures and even failing to clarify the number of deaths and injuries in the military.

CENTCOM oversees West Asia military operations.

On March 27, an Iranian attack on a Saudi Arabian air base wounded at least 15 US troops, and several ...