Tehran, May 2 -- Foreign Minister of Iran, Abbas Araghchi on Friday accused the Pentagon of distorting war costs on Iran. Araghchi said that the 'gamble' war has cost the US $100 billion. In a post on X, he said, "The Pentagon is lying. Netanyahu's gamble has directly cost America $100bn so far, four times what is claimed. Indirect costs for US taxpayers are FAR higher. Monthly bill for each American household is $500 and rising fast. Israel First always means America Last." In his heated clash with the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday over the cost of war on Iran, US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said that the US had spent $25 billion, largely on munitions and equipment maintenance. "The biggest challenge, the biggest adversary we face at this point are the reckless, feckless and defeatist words of Congressional Democrats and some Republicans," Hegseth said. Democratic leaders and several economists believed that number was a brazen underestimation. They argued that the actual cost to the US economy could amount to between $630 billion and $1 trillion. In March, Pentagon officials had told Congress that the war cost $11.3bn in the first six days. The estimated figure by the Pentagon is also significantly smaller than the $200bn requested by the Trump administration initially for the war....