The Pentagon assessment, shared in a classified briefing for lawmakers, suggests gasoline and oil prices could remain elevated through the midterm elections.
President Donald Trump said the United States would target โeveryโ Iranian bridge and power plant. Experts say such blanket action violates international law.
A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iranโs nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.