The home front: How Israel, Iran, and US leaders have been hit by the war
Six months ago, the United States and Israel struck targets across Tehran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders. It fulfilled a long-held ambition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint attack with the US on Iran, with Washington now locked in a war from which it is unable to extricate itself.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: United States The cost-of-living crisis was the mainstay of Trump’s criticisms of the previous administration of Joe Biden during the 2024 US election, but petrol prices alone have risen by 50 percent since the war on Iran began on February 28.
- Fact 2: By Iran’s own reckoning, the war had already cost the economy upwards of $145bn by April, with annual inflation hitting 66 percent just last month.
- Fact 3: Taken in isolation, the US blockade could be inflicting $435m a day on the country.
Six months ago, the United States and Israel struck targets across Tehran, killing Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian leaders. It fulfilled a long-held ambition of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a joint attack with the US on Iran, with Washington now locked in a war from which it is unable to extricate itself.
US-Israel war on Iran, six months down the line: In numbers After six months of war, what have US, Iran gained and lost? Six months into the Iran war, a new Gulf security architecture is emerging Iran’s leaders acknowledge economic toll of war, pledge diplomacy, defence The US’s stated war aims also appear not to have been achieved, with President Donald Trump’s initial claim that Iran’s nuclear capacity had been destroyed now appearing false. Netanyahu might have hoped that the fall of the government in Tehran would be part of his election campaign.
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