'Washington Post' finds discrepancies in Iran war death numbers

NPR | By Megan Lim,

Sarah Handel, Juana Summers

Published September 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM EDT

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Tara Copp of The Washington Post about her reporting on the Defense Department's accounting of U.S. troops who've died over the course of the war with Iran.

Megan Lim

Sarah Handel

Juana Summers

Juana Summers is a host of NPR's All Things Considered.

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