The Pentagon disclosed the Iran war has cost 'well over $33.4 billion' and produced…

Six and a half months into the war, its financial and material toll came into sharper focus today. A Pentagon Inspector General report disclosed the conflict has cost the US 'well over $33.4 billion' and has produced 'strategic inventory shortfalls' in munitions — a rare official acknowledgment of strain on US military stockpiles. Against that backdrop, reporting indicated Trump has signaled a 'renewed openness to talks' with Iran, a notable shift in tone; Iran's own position remains unmoved, with parliament national security committee head Ebrahim Azizi saying 'as long as the American side does not accept all of Iran's conditions, dialogue and negotiation are of no use.' On the water, Oman's Maritime Security Center said its navy evacuated 23 people from a Panama-flagged oil tanker that caught fire in the Gulf of Oman just east of the strait's entrance, while a Saudi refinery halted crude loading, compounding upward pressure on oil prices. On Ukraine, Russia's General Staff disclosed that Russian losses for 2026 alone have now surpassed 300,000 killed and wounded — equivalent, it said, to nearly 150 motorized rifle regiments — with cumulative losses since 2022 reaching approximately 1,510,000 as of Sep 15 (+1,400).