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Pentagon reports 757 wounded in war on Iran as questions mount over casualty figures
The Pentagon has recorded 757 US service members wounded and 18 killed since Washington and Tel Aviv launched their aggression against Iran.
The Pentagon has recorded 757 US service members wounded and 18 killed since Washington and Tel Aviv launched their aggression against Iran.
A funeral procession has been held in Gaza City for 50 Palestinians whose bodies were recovered from the rubble after three years.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says Iran and Iraq have rejected desperate attempts by the US-led Western powers to dictate their future.
Israel has issued a veiled threat against Turkey following its strikes on a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border.

Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics has stressed that the Islamic Republic is modernizing its defense industry in response to needs unveiled by the recent wars imposed on the country by the United States and Israel.
The Pentagon is moving to oust the publisher of Stars and Stripes after the military newspaper exposed deteriorating conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, according to report.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on August 20, 2026.

Iran warns US efforts to establish military and strategic dominance in outer space could accelerate an arms race and turn space into a theater of military confrontation.
Iran condemns a new round of US economic sanctions against the country, stating that the measures amount to “economic terrorism” and “crimes against humanity.”
Yemeni forces have carried out two drone operations targeting Najran airport and Saudi Aramco facilities in Saudi Arabia’s Najran region, spokesman for Yemen’s armed forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree says.

A senior Hezbollah politician says Iran’s recent military response has demonstrated its ability to deter US-Israeli war of aggression.
France expels Niloufar Shadmehri, the cultural attaché of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from the country.

Trump’s latest Iran sanctions reflect Washington’s enduring frustration where decades of economic pressure have inflicted heavy costs but failed to force Tehran to surrender strategic autonomy or political independence.

Iran’s nuclear industry has restored a domestically operated cyclotron that produces radioisotopes used to diagnose and treat cancer.

Davood Moradian, director of Press TV documentary’Operation Ajax 1953’, discusses the recurring patterns of US-led interventions in Iran, drawing parallels between the 1953 CIA-MI6 coup against PM Mosaddegh and contemporary hybrid war against the Islamic Republic.

Palestinians participate in a mass funeral ceremony for the remains of 50 Palestinians who were recovered from beneath homes destroyed by Israeli attacks during the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 10:00 GMT on August 20, 2026.
Australian Foreign Minister condemns the lack of accountability and late notification regarding the World Central Kitchen aid workers.