Iran war has cost $45.1 billion, Pentagon tells Congress

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The US war with Iran has cost $45.1 billion, the Pentagon informed Congress on Friday, according to one source familiar with the matter.

The department told lawmakers that war costs were $43.6 billion as of September 3 plus an additional $1.5 billion for extra fuel, the source added.

The estimate is not a full accounting of the war’s cost, however.

It does not include an assessment of the cost to repair damaged bases or buildings and did not provide Congress with detailed breakdowns of indirect costs of military operations as lawmakers have asked for, the source said.

The $45.1 billion cost estimate from the Pentagon surpasses the $38 billion price tag the Congressional Budget Office projected the war cost through August 1, and comes after the Pentagon estimated $37.5 billion as the bill for the war in July.

The estimate from the budget office also did not include the cost to repair US facilities damaged during the war, with most of the price tag coming from munitions expenditures, the office said. The CBO estimated the war will continue to cost the US approximately $2 billion to $3 billion per month past August 1, with higher costs estimated during periods of escalated fighting.

The office also told Congress that the war is expected to increase inflation for the first quarter of 2027, raising costs at a time Americans are growing more concerned about the economy .

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据一位知情人士透露，五角大楼周五向国会通报称，美国与伊朗的战争已耗资451亿美元。

消息人士补充说，该部门告诉立法者，截至9月3日，战争费用为436亿美元，此外还有15亿美元的额外燃料费用。

然而，这一估算并不能完全反映战争的成本。

消息人士称，该报告没有包括修复受损基地或建筑物的成本评估，也没有像议员们要求的那样向国会提供军事行动间接成本的详细分类。

五角大楼估计的战争成本为 451 亿美元，超过了国会预算办公室预测的截至 8 月 1 日的战争成本 380 亿美元，而五角大楼在 7 月份估计的战争成本为 375 亿美元。

预算办公室的估算并未包括修复战争期间受损的美国设施的费用，该办公室表示，大部分费用来自军火开支。国会预算办公室估计，8月1日之后，战争每月仍将耗费美国约20亿至30亿美元，在战事升级期间，预计费用会更高。

该办公室还告诉国会，预计这场战争将导致 2027 年第一季度通货膨胀加剧，在民众越来越关注经济之际，这将增加生活成本。