US–Iran Conflict

7,845

disputed broad estimate

These totals combine official reports, belligerent claims, and incomplete regional reporting. The displayed military and civilian allocations are provisional visualization values, not a verified conflict-wide toll.

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Military Dead

Working allocation: 4,130 soldiers killed in combat, from wounds, or from disease. Each = 1,000 lives.

United States & Israel — 57 military dead

Iran & Allied Militias — 4,073 military dead

Civilian Dead

3,715 civilians killed — from violence, famine, disease, and displacement. Wars are not fought only by soldiers.

Civilian dead — 3,715

Deadliest Engagements

Operation Epic Fury2,400

incl. 700 civilians

The Lebanon Front1,050

incl. 50 civilians

Collapse of the Ceasefire718

incl. 58 civilians

Gulf and US Base Strikes180

incl. 100 civilians

Operation True Promise IV120

incl. 70 civilians

Assassination of Khamenei60

incl. 10 civilians

The Tanker War45

incl. 15 civilians

Strike on Fordow0

For Perspective

How US-Iran's dead compare to other conflicts and events.

US-Iran — working total7,845

U.S. military killed (all strikes)14

Estimated Iranian dead at nuclear sites440

U.S. dead in Gulf War (1991)292

Milestones of Loss

120 dead

Fordow, built inside a mountain to survive conventional strikes — B-2 bunker-busters were the only weapons capable of penetrating it

440 dead

~440 Iranian IRGC guards and nuclear personnel killed across three facilities — the highest-profile targeted killing of technical personnel since WWII

580 dead

~580 total dead — a brief but strategically decisive exchange that altered the Middle East's nuclear balance and prompted global diplomatic crisis

Figures are working historical estimates and vary across sources. Labels identify totals that are reported, disputed, or unknown; numerical allocations may be retained for comparison without implying exact knowledge. Each number represents human lives, not false precision.