Washington DC, May 13 -- On Tuesday, a senior Pentagon budget official told US lawmakers that the war against Iran has resulted in a total of USD 29 billion so far, which already exceeds the estimated budget of USD 25 billion that the Pentagon presented to the US Congress earlier.

However, experts suggest that these estimates are just the US War Department's lowballing of the expenditure, with overall spending potentially going up to USD 1 trillion.

According to a research issued by Harvard Kennedy School last week, war budgeting expert Linda Bilmes states that she is certain that the cost estimates in the war against Iran can reach upto USD 1 trillion, noting that around USD 2 billion is spent a day in short-term, upfront costs, which,...