Pentagon official says Iran war has cost 25 bln USD so far

A senior Pentagon official said Wednesday that the cost of the ongoing U.S. war against Iran is estimated to be 25 billion U.S. dollars so far, as the conflict has dragged on for two months.



"Approximately, of this day, we're spending about 25 billion dollars on Operation Epic Fury," acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst III told the House Armed Services Committee, as he testified alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine.



Hurst added that most of those costs were from munitions and included operations, maintenance and equipment replacements.



According to previous media reports, Pentagon officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on March 11 that the Trump administration spent more than 11.3 billion dollars in the first six days of its war against Iran.



Hegseth's attendance at the hours-long hearing marks his first public questioning since the United States launched military strikes against Iran.