Who is funding the Iran US Israeli war? #infopod #extendednews
Who is funding the Iran war?
United States
Most of the money for the U.S. military campaign comes from American taxpayers through the U.S. defence budget.
The Pentagon pays for:
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aircraft carriers and naval groups
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missiles and interceptors (Patriot, Tomahawk, THAAD)
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aircraft operations and logistics
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military bases across the Middle East
In the first four days alone, operations reportedly cost around $11 billion, mostly on missiles and interceptors.
The White House is expected to request additional funding from Congress to replenish weapons and sustain operations.
Israel
Israel is also paying a huge portion of the cost itself.
The Israeli finance ministry estimates that economic losses from the war could reach about $3 billion per week due to:
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mobilisation of reservists
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business shutdowns
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infrastructure damage
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missile defence costs.
Israel’s military spending is funded through:
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its national defence budget
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emergency wartime borrowing
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U.S. military aid.
The U.S. has already provided over $21 billion in military aid to Israel since 2023.
Iran
Iran funds its military operations mainly through state revenues, especially:
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oil exports
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taxes
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state funds controlled by the government.
Large parts of Iran’s military spending go through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which also controls significant business and industrial assets inside Iran’s economy.
Iran also funds allied militias across the region through this system.
Iranian allies and proxy groups
Iran supports a network of regional partners sometimes called the “Axis of Resistance.”
These include groups such as:
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Hezbollah
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Palestinian militant groups
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militias in Iraq and Syria.
Iran has historically spent hundreds of millions of dollars per year supporting these groups with funding, weapons, and training.
Those groups contribute to the wider conflict but are not the main financiers of the war itself.
Gulf states and outside powers
Some regional powers — such as Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states — are not directly funding the war but are politically involved and affected economically.
Some governments in the region are already reassessing investments and budgets because of the financial strain created by the conflict.
The deeper reality
Modern wars are usually financed through three main sources:
• government budgets
• debt and borrowing
• national economic resources (especially energy exports)
That means the real people paying for the war are citizens through taxes and economic costs.
