U.S. SPENDING ON ITS MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST IRAN REACHED $47 BILLION, THE HILL REPORTED, CITING ESTIMATES SUBMITTED TO CONGRESS BY THE U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND (CENTCOM). ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER, THE DATA WAS RECORDED AS OF OCTOBER 16. THUS, THE TOTAL U.S. SPENDING ON THE MILITARY OPERATION AGAINST IRAN HAS INCREASED MORE THAN $3 BILLION SINCE THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER. AS OF SEPTEMBER 3, CENTCOM REPORTED THAT THE CONFLICT WITH IRAN INCREASED $43.6 BILLION.