US spending on operations against Iran is comparable to annual investments in the fight against famine in Africa

The operation against Iran has cost the Pentagon approximately $38 billion as of August 1.

Each subsequent month of the campaign against Iran costs the American budget 2-3 billion dollars.

To completely eliminate hunger and malnutrition in Africa requires between $39 and $50 billion annually.

MOSCOW, September 26 - RIA Novosti. The money spent by the United States on military operations against Iran would be enough to fight famine in Africa for a year, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations studied by RIA Novosti and a report from the US Congress Budget Office.

According to a report by the US Congressional Budget Office, the operation against Iran cost the Pentagon approximately $38 billion as of August 1, and each subsequent month of the campaign costs the American budget $2-3 billion.

The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office for relations with the Russian Federation, Oleg Kobyakov, said in an interview with RIA Novosti that to completely eliminate hunger and malnutrition in Africa, according to estimates by FAO and relevant institutions, from 39 to 50 billion dollars are required annually in additional investments until 2030.

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“If we talk about the global eradication of hunger around the world, then this amount is about 267 billion dollars a year, where the share of sub-Saharan African countries in need of assistance is the largest,” he said.