{"id":13516,"date":"2026-04-30T15:03:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=13516"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T11:33:37","slug":"pentagon-us-has-spent-25-billion-on-iran-conflict-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=13516&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon: US Has Spent $25 Billion on Iran Conflict So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Pentagon: US Has Spent $25 Billion on Iran Conflict So Far<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Washington D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 The United States has reportedly expended an estimated <strong>$25 billion<\/strong> on its military operations targeting Iran since the launch of &#8220;Operation Epic Fury&#8221; in late February. This significant financial outlay was disclosed by the Pentagon&#8217;s acting comptroller, Jules Hurst, during a briefing to House lawmakers on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee, Hurst stated, &#8220;So approximately this day, we&#8217;re spending about $25 billion on Operation Epic Fury. Most of that is in munitions.&#8221; His remarks highlight the substantial resources being channeled into the ongoing confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The disclosure provides a clearer picture of the financial scale of the U.S. military&#8217;s engagement in the region, with a predominant portion of the funds dedicated to acquiring and deploying munitions.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Total Expenditure:<\/strong> Approximately $25 billion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operation Name:<\/strong> &#8220;Operation Epic Fury.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primary Cost Driver:<\/strong> Munitions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Source:<\/strong> Pentagon&#8217;s acting comptroller, Jules Hurst.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>#USMilitary #IranConflict #Pentagon #OperationEpicFury #DefenseSpending #MilitaryExpenditure #JulesHurst #HouseArmedServices #Munitions #Geopolitics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon: US Has Spent $25 Billion on Iran Conflict So Far Washington D.C. \u2013 The United States has reportedly expended an estimated $25 billion on its military operations targeting Iran since the launch of &#8220;Operation Epic Fury&#8221; in late February. This significant financial outlay was disclosed by the Pentagon&#8217;s acting comptroller, Jules Hurst, during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iran-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}