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EPISODE · Jul 21, 2026 · 26 MIN

As the Iran War Escalates, Is the U.S. Hiding Its Toll?

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The war in Iran has recently escalated in dangerous new ways, drawing in Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as the Trump administration reeled from the Iranian killing of U.S. service members in Jordan. Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the latest attacks, and how they’ve coincided with a decision by the U.S. military to disclose less about the war. Guest: Eric Schmitt, a national security correspondent for The New York Times based in Washington. Background reading:  The Pentagon has identified two U.S. soldiers who were killed in an Iranian attack in Jordan. The Pentagon withheld dozens of U.S. military injuries in the war in Iran. Read live updates on the war. Photo: Salwan Georges for The New York Times For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Officials said dozens of U.S. service members have been injured in the war this month. The Pentagon said it didn’t initially disclose the injuries to protect operational security.

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