A U.S. government watchdog released its first report on the matter Effects of the Iran War on Monday, in recognition of the Lack of modern weapons in the military and offers the first public look at the damage to American aircraft, bases and diplomatic outposts in the Middle East.
Much of the information has already been reported in the last six months, but the Pentagon Inspector General Report offered the most comprehensive official accounting yet of the cost of the conflict in American lives, taxpayer dollars and property damage. It included information from regulators at the Departments of Defense and State as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development.
The report was first reported by NBC Newsnoted that the U.S. war with Iran “has created strategic stockpile shortages and exposed shortages in the munitions resupply industrial base” for advanced weapons. Experts previously said this would be the case take about three years for military contractors replenish modern rockets and defensive missile interceptors at pre-war levels.
The report, which covers the period from April 1 to June 30, also confirms this Iranian attacks damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and other structures at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan. Dozens of American aircraft and drones were also destroyed or damaged.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress in late July that the war had cost $37.5 billion so far.
The Costs of US diplomatic facilitieshowever, had not previously been publicly released. According to the report, such outposts in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates suffered the brunt of physical damage, amounting to an estimated $184 million.
The State Department reported in early June that the total cost of the conflict was $113 million, with nearly $80 million spent on emergency response plans Evacuation costs for US personneland their families, as well as other American citizens and eligible third-country nationals.
The State Department reported that in the weeks and months following the first U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration About 9,000 US citizens were evacuated from countries in the Middle East and Europe. Private and commercial flights as well as land and water travel increase the cost of the department’s evacuation operation was more than $11 million at the end of June.
“The State determined that consular officials would not be able to fully document the travel plans necessary to provide reimbursement to evacuees and therefore it would be impracticable to require reimbursement from them,” the report said.
The majority of evacuations came from Israel, followed shortly after by Iraq and Jordan. While the U.S. evacuated only 1,200 Americans from the United Arab Emirates, these trips to Istanbul, Athens and Washington cost the most at more than $4 million.
The State Department reported that more than $44 billion in emergency and non-emergency military sales were also made during this period, with the majority of sales going to Saudi Arabia. Sales included military helicopters, ammunition and ammunition support, and advanced precision weapons systems.
Other countries in the region, including Qatar, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Israel, also saw billions of dollars in sales as Iran retaliated against almost every country in the region that hosted a U.S. military base.