US Secretary of Defense Hegseth said on the 21st that according to the Pentagon's latest estimates, the US war against Iran has already spent 37.5 billion US dollars. Hegseth testified at the US Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the same day that additional funding for the Iraq war was “urgent and necessary”; otherwise, “we will face a serious funding gap.” In May of this year, Jules Hurst, then Acting Auditor General of the US Department of Defense, testified at a congressional hearing that the US had spent 29 billion US dollars on the war against Iran. According to Pentagon data, at least 3 US military personnel have died in attacks in Iran in the past two weeks, and nearly 100 US soldiers have been injured.

US Secretary of Defense Hegseth said on the 21st that according to the Pentagon's latest estimates, the US war against Iran has already spent 37.5 billion US dollars. Hegseth testified at the US Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the same day that additional funding for the Iraq war was “urgent and necessary”; otherwise, “we will face a serious funding gap.” In May of this year, Jules Hurst, then Acting Auditor General of the US Department of Defense, testified at a congressional hearing that the US had spent 29 billion US dollars on the war against Iran. According to Pentagon data, at least 3 US military personnel have died in attacks in Iran in the past two weeks, and nearly 100 US soldiers have been injured.