Khaberni - "The Atlantic" reported on Thursday, quoting a congressional official, that the Pentagon's initial estimate of the war cost in Iran is about a billion dollars daily.
The American-Egyptian journalist specializing in national security affairs, Nancy Youssef, who writes for "The Atlantic" on the "X" platform, conveyed from a congressional official that the Pentagon estimated the daily cost of the war in Iran to be about a billion dollars.
Meanwhile, the US Department of Defense has not yet issued any official public confirmation of this figure, making it in the realm of leaked estimates rather than announced numbers.
Unofficial independent estimates regarding the operation "Epic Fury" against Iran indicated that the strikes in the first 24 hours cost about 779 million dollars, with an additional approximately 630 million dollars for the cost of repositioning and mobilizing air and naval assets, roughly 1.4 billion dollars on the first day alone.
Economists at the Pennsylvania – Wharton (PWBM) model estimated the direct costs of the operation between 40 and 95 billion dollars, with a weighted figure close to 65 billion dollars if the duration of operations remained limited, warning of a significant spike in costs if the war exceeded a few weeks.
Other research centers suggest that the total additional military expenditure in the region since October 7, including "Epic Fury," exceeded 30 billion dollars, with scenarios raising the total economic impact of the war—including its repercussions on energy markets—to about 210 billion dollars if it is prolonged.
