MAGA Iran War Cost

These are monetary costs and do not include the human costs in the fourteen countries affected.

Sources:

CSIS estimate: ≈$3.7B first 100 hours — CSIS: War Cost Estimate Update (Day 6 / early-phase breakdown)
CSIS update: ≈$11.3B by day 6 — CSIS: $11.3B by Day 6 estimate
Center for American Progress: ≈$601M/day (days 7–12) — CAP: Early war cost trajectory analysis
Ongoing estimates of 'hot war': ≈$0.8B–$2B/day (days 13–38) — Brown's Watson School's Costs of War project
Ongoing estimates of so-called 'ceasefire': ≈$0.75B/day (midpoint between ≈$4B÷13/day Pentagon's implied floor and broader analyst ceiling of ≈$0.8B–$1.2B/day) — MarketWatch, CIP
Pentagon-reported cost growth during the prior reduced-intensity period: $25B (04/29) → $29B (05/12) = +$4B over 13 days ≈$308M/day — Pentagon seeks additional funding…
Intelligence Officials Predict the Pentagon's Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100B — Wired
US renews strikes on Iran after two military personnel killed by Iranian attack (days 120–140) — Thomson Reuters via WHBL
Iran Update, 2026/09/03 (days 140–187) — ISW
Detailed munitions analysis — CSIS

Day N of the 30-day war — Updated after every TACO — Last updated on 2026/09/04