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| No cash to spare: Reconstructing Iran after Israel war could cost billions, Mideast expert says |
| 2025-08-05 |
| [Jpost] The cost of rebuilding Iran after the brief but devastating 12-day war against Israel may exceed half a trillion dollars, with an economy strained by sanctions, capital flight, and investor jitters, Middle East scholar and Lt.-Col. (res.) Dr. Moshe Elad told Maariv on Tuesday. Elad warned that Tehran must now divert scarce resources from social services and long-promised infrastructure upgrades to basic reconstruction, while trying to calm domestic unrest and reassure skittish partners abroad. "Direct war damage alone runs to tens of billions - mostly energy and infrastructure," Elad told Maariv. Israeli missile strikes and cyberattacks, he says, destroyed or crippled at least 120 residential towers, power stations, and key nuclear-enrichment facilities. Internet blackouts in the run-up to the ceasefire carried an extra price tag of roughly half a billion dollars. Why don't they ask their good friends the Russians? |
| Posted by:Grom the Affective |
| #1 Fortunately, Iran has billions to burn, so no problem. Right? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-08-05 15:02 |