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Iran pins blame for oil spill as Pentagon reveals new cost of war 67%
By Stephen Sorace0% Greg Norman0%
5/13/2026, 11:22:01 AM
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Iran pins blame for oil spill as Pentagon reveals new cost of war
Iran’s top environmental official said Tuesday that a suspected oil spill in the Gulf near Iran’s Kharg Island was likely from a tanker dumping wastewater, not a leak from oil facilities.
Meanwhile, Pentagon officials said the cost of the Iran war has risen to about $29 billion, most of it to repair and replace munitions.
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Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst told House lawmakers on Tuesday that the U.S. war against Iran is now estimated to have cost around $29 billion dollars.
Iranian Vice-President Shina Ansari said a suspected oil spill near Kharg Island was caused by the discharge of wastewater from a non-Iranian tanker, and no oil leaks have been reported from any oil facilities or pipelines.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States is maintaining a firm stance in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.
Iran signaled it won’t back down from its uranium enrichment program, insisting its “right” to continue must be preserved.
Iran blames foreign tanker for massive oil slick near Kharg Island
This satellite image provided by European Space Agency shows an apparent oil spill in the Persian Gulf off the western side of Kharg Island, Iran’s main crude oil export terminal, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026.
( European Space Agency via AP)
Iran said Tuesday a suspected oil spill near its main export hub at Kharg Island was likely caused by a foreign tanker dumping contaminated ballast water, not a leak from its own facilities.
Satellite images from May 6–8 showed a grey-and-white slick stretching across dozens of square kilometers west of the island, a key oil hub in the Gulf.
Vice President and environmental chief Shina Ansari said monitoring found “no oil leaks… from pipelines or oil facilities,” and blamed a “non-Iranian tanker” for the discharge, according to state media.
Iran’s Oil Terminals Company also said inspections found no signs of leaks from storage tanks, pipelines or nearby tankers.
Analysts reviewing the imagery said the slick appears to be oil and could be one of the largest seen since the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, Reuters reported.
Posted by Stephen Sorace
Trump faces split among retired US commanders over whether to resume Iran strikes
President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran is on "massive life support," as retired U.S. commanders and national security experts are increasingly split whether Washington should resume military operations against Tehran or avoid what critics warn could become another prolonged Middle East conflict.
"I would say the ceasefire is on massive life support," Trump told reporters Monday.
"Where the doctor walks in and says, ‘Sir, your loved one has approximately a 1% chance of living.’"
Trump also dismissed Iran’s latest response to a proposed agreement as "a piece of garbage," amid reports the White House is reviewing military options should negotiations collapse.
Retired Lt.
Gen.
H.R.
McMaster, former national security adviser under Trump, said he believes Iran’s leadership is unlikely to make the concessions Trump considers necessary for a deal.
"I think the Iranian leadership and IRGC are unwilling to make the kind of concessions that President Trump thinks are at the minimum," McMaster told Fox News Digital, referring to Iran's hardline Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
"President Trump always wants a deal," he added.
"But he's not going to sign up for a bad deal."
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Efrat Lachter.
Iran war price tag nearing $29B, Pentagon comptroller tells Congress
"The joint staff team of the comptroller team are constantly looking at that estimate.
And so now we think it's closer to 29," Hurst said, noting an increase from an estimate of $25 billion he disclosed in late April.
Pentagon officials told Congress that roughly $24 billion is related to replacing munitions and repairing equipment but also includes operational costs to keep forces deployed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions during the hearing from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration's end game for the Iran war, the conflict's rising cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles.
Hegseth said President Donald Trump's 2027 budget request for the Department of War “reflects the urgency of the moment, addressing both the deferred maintenance of long-standing problems as well as positioning our forces for current and future fights.”
Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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