[U.S. Department of Defense: War with Iran has cost $45.1 billion] Golden Finance reports that on the 18th local time, journalists learned from sources that the U.S. Department of Defense informed Congress that as of September 3, the war with Iran had cost $45.1 billion. Of this, the total cost of the war reached $43.6 billion, with an additional $1.5 billion spent on extra fuel expenses. However, this estimate does not fully reflect the total cost of the war. Sources stated that it does not include expenses for repairing damaged bases or buildings, nor does it provide detailed breakdowns of the indirect costs of military operations as requested by Congress. (CCTV)