The Pentagon said it did not hide information or reduce soldiers' injuries following Iran's missile strike on January 8.

"There was no attempt to lower or delay the release of information that US troops were injured by the concussion in Iran's missile attack. The public was informed a few hours after the Defense Minister Esper. Pentagon has made an effort to not emphasize these injuries on "some agenda" as duck news, "Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman told a news conference on January 17.

The US military headquarters in Baghdad released a statement on January 16 saying several soldiers were injured after an Iranian missile strike on two bases in Iraq last week. Coalition anti-organization coalition Islamic State (IS) self-proclaimed Myles Caggins said some soldiers were taken out of Iraq to check and will return to work if they have enough health.

"The senior Pentagon officials are not trying to talk down the Iranian attack. Instead, they say the Middle East nation tries to cause casualties for American soldiers when it launches 16 short-range ballistic missiles. from three locations in Iran targeting two bases in Iraq, "Hoffman said.

The US military must immediately report incidents that threaten the life, limbs or eyesight of soldiers. However, brain injury can take time to appear and diagnose, so it is not an emergency report. The first US troops left Iraq to check for injuries on January 10, while others left five days later.

Iran raided two bases with US troops stationed in Iraq in retaliation for General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds task force was killed in an air raid on January 3 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi said Iran "informed the country" of its attack on the US military base but did not specify a specific location.

Soldiers at Ain Al-Asad and Irbil bases in Iraq received a warning before the attack and went down to the bunker before the rocket struck, so "no one was killed or seriously injured," the Pentagon said. know.