# Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick apologizes over false claim about American deaths in Iran war

https://mins.news/en/item/43971

- CNN, 2026-09-03 15:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/politics/lutnick-apology-iran-troop-deaths?Date=20260903&Profile=CNN

> After an inaccurate statement that the Trump administration’s war with Iran had resulted in no American deaths, Howard Lutnick issued a public apology.

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