Iran survived 3 months of war. Can it survive the aftermath?
Three months of war with the United States and Israel may not have broken Iran’s resistance, but its economy has been brought to its knees. Forty days of American and Israeli bombing in March and early April – targeting energy grids, steel mills, petrochemical plants, ports and t
AdvertisementUS, Israel war on IranThis Week in AsiaPoliticsIran survived 3 months of war. Can it survive the aftermath?A US$270 billion damage and 4 million citizens plunged into poverty may have broken Iran’s economy4-MIN READ4-MIN ListenTom HussainPublished: 1:00pm, 27 Jun 2026Three months of war with the United States and Israel may not have broken Iran’s resistance, but its economy has been brought to its knees.
Forty days of American and Israeli bombing in March and early April – targeting energy grids, steel mills, petrochemical plants, ports and transport corridors – were followed by a two-month US naval blockade that sealed off much of what remained.The bill of damages has reached an estimated US$270 billion against a gross domestic product of US$371 billion in 2025.By that measure, economists say the destruction is almost equivalent in scale to everything Iran lost during its nearly eight-year war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s – the last time the Islamic Republic posed a sustained threat to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
US Vice President J.D. Vance speaks to the media after the US and Iran held high-level talks in Switzerland on Monday.
Photo: ReutersNow, with negotiators convening in Switzerland and a fragile ceasefire holding, the question is whether economic ruin can do what decades of sanctions and military pressure could not.AdvertisementSelect VoiceSelect Speed0.8x0.
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