Iran War Cost $25 Billion in First 2 Months, Pentagon Says

Acting War Department Comptroller Jules Hurst said expended U.S. weapons accounted for most of the U.S. cost of the Iran conflict.

Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst (L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine (R) testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 29, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Combat operations against Iran have cost the U.S. military about $25 billion in two months, a top Pentagon accounting official told House Armed Services Committee members on April 29.

The Wednesday hearing marked the first time Pentagon officials have testified publicly to Congress since U.S. and Israeli forces commenced attacks on Iran on Feb. 28. U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged fire for about five and a half weeks before the parties entered into a ceasefire agreement on April 8.