{"id":110284,"date":"2026-05-12T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/110284\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T14:30:09","slug":"cost-of-iran-war-has-increased-4-billion-from-initial-estimate-pentagon-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/110284\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost Of Iran War Has Increased $4 Billion From Initial Estimate, Pentagon Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the Iran war has ballooned $4 billion since the Pentagon\u2019s last public estimate less than two weeks ago, officials said Tuesday\u2014though the economic costs of the war are likely significantly higher.  <\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine testify during a House hearing to examine the 2027 budget for the Department of Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>AFP via Getty ImagesKey Facts<\/p>\n<p>The war has cost around $29 billion, Defense Department Comptroller Jay Hurst told Congress Tuesday, attributing the increase to \u201cupdated repair and replacement of equipment cost and also just general operational cost.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurst previously told Congress at the end of April the war has cost $25 billion so far.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline The cost of the Iran war has ballooned $4 billion since the Pentagon\u2019s last public estimate less&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[38,34,196,29145,1403,772],"class_list":["post-110284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-iran-war","tag-jay-hurst","tag-pentagon","tag-pete-hegseth"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116562088679948549","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}