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Read Replies (1) | Respond to A world war would have to have more than two countries in it, you idiot. A war between the US and Iran would be a bilateral war, not a world war. I'm sure Russia would have their proxies in there, but they would not attack the US directly, just as they did not in Syria.Iran Spends $16 Billion Annually to Support Terrorists and Rogue Regimes chanted a crowd of protesters at Tehran University. “Leave Syria, think of us!” demanded others. Iran does not disclose how much it spends supporting foreign “resistance” organizations and clients such as Bashar al-Assad, yet open-source reports suggest those efforts cost more than $16 billion per year. estimated in 2015 that Iran spends $15-20 billion per year supporting Assad. A senior military officer, speaking under Chatham House rules, also believes that $15 billion is the best estimate.extended a $1 billion line of credit to Syria in 2017, on top of the $5.6 billion it provided previously. The greatest cost, but also the hardest to estimate, is the deployment of troops to protect Assad, including thousands of its Revolutionary Guard and roughly 20,000 Shiite militiamen from across the region. This does not include the cost of oil and weapons.gave the Washington Post . The destruction of the Islamic State caliphate will presumably reduce the need for Iranian support. This would likely mean that Iraqi proxies will return to their pre-Islamic State totals : an estimated $150 million per year. comprehensive assessment of Iran’s annual support, which is believed to be $700-$800 million. This echoes the assessment of Israel’s top general, Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, who also estimated the figure at $800 million. told Reuters that support for Hamas alone was $250 million per annum. said Iran dispatched multiple planeloads of assistance to the Houthis each week. This year, the U.S. confirmed that Iranian support includes ballistic missiles. The value of such support may be anywhere from several million dollars per years to tens of millions. $8.2 billion , yet it likely receives several billion more, in addition to revenues from both its licit and illicit business enterprises. It is unknown what portion of IRGC funding the extraterritorial force known as the Quds Force receives. In addition, other organizations, such as entities controlled by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, may fund Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations from their own accounts. unemployment and inflation . The people of Iran have every reason to be outraged.David Adesnik is the director of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Follow David on Twitter @adesnik . Follow the Foundation for Defense of Democracies on Twitter @FDD . FDD is a Washington-based nonpartisan research institute focusing on national security and foreign policy.
