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Tallying the global cost of the US-Israel war against Iran
Published 15 June 2026 ยท world
From thousands of lives lost to an economic shock likely to plunge millions into poverty, the world is paying dearly It would be hard to
From thousands of lives lost to an economic shock likely to plunge millions into poverty, the world is paying dearly It would be hard to find a human on Earth unaffected by the US-Israel war against Iran.
Several thousand have been killed. Millions more pay are paying each day in steeper food prices or at the petrol pump, and as inflation eats away at the value of their earnings.
For many, the final bill has not yet come, but it will eventually. They will pay for the long-term damage caused by the biggest threat of all to the global economy: uncertainty.
Published: June 15, 2026 โข 7:15 PM IST ยท Updated: June 15, 2026 โข 9:09 PM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
Key points
From thousands of lives lost to an economic shock likely to plunge millions into poverty, the world is paying dearly It would be hard to find a human on Earth unaffected by the US-Israel war against Iran.
Several thousand have been killed.
Millions more pay are paying each day in steeper food prices or at the petrol pump, and as inflation eats away at the value of their earnings.
For many, the final bill has not yet come, but it will eventually.
They will pay for the long-term damage caused by the biggest threat of all to the global economy: uncertainty.