Cost of the 2026 Iran war
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Cost of the 2026 Iran war is the running expense John Kiriakou cited during the war: asked whether the figure was 800 million dollars a day or as much as 2 billion, he answered that Axios had reported it two days earlier at "between 2 and 3 billion dollars a day."

The figure prompted the recollection recorded at the hundred-million-a-day briefing. Kiriakou's own reconciliation of the two numbers is that they are closer than they look: "just with inflation, it's going to be close to 2 billion."

The cost sits alongside the physical damage catalogued at strikes on US bases in the 2026 Iran war.

See also

- 2026 Iran war
- The Hundred Million A Day Briefing
- 2026 Iran war economic shock
- Strikes on US bases in the 2026 Iran war
