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UAE trade halt threatens one of Iran’s remaining economic lifelines

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The United Arab Emirates’ decision to halt all trade and financial transactions with Iran threatens one of Tehran’s most important routes for imports, petroleum-product sales and access to international commercial and financial networks. The UAE Foreign Ministry said this week that all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran had been halted until further […]

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Iran Records the Region’s Sharpest Decline in Trade with China

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New Chinese customs data show that Iran has experienced the steepest decline in trade with China among countries in the region during the first seven months of 2026.Bilateral trade between Iran and China fell 57% year-on-year to just $2.58 billion during the January–July period.Iraq recorded a similarly sharp decline, while Oman suffered the least disruption

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Major Disruptions Hit China’s Trade with Gulf Arab States

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Author: Dalga Khatinoglu/The Islamic Republic of Iran’s disruption of oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has not only triggered a surge in oil prices and reduced China’s crude oil imports, but has also severely affected Beijing’s non-oil trade with Arab Gulf countries.China is the largest trading partner of the member states of the

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US blockade targets Iran oil boom amid regional disruption

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The United States moved to impose a naval blockade on Iran just as the country’s oil exports were surging to their highest levels in years, underscoring Washington’s effort to halt a wartime boom in Tehran’s energy revenues. The move followed the collapse of negotiations in Pakistan and comes amid a war that has disrupted much

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War tests Iran’s Dubai trade lifeline

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The war pitting the United States and Israel against Iran is being fought across airspace and shipping lanes, but one of its most consequential economic effects may be unfolding elsewhere: the fragile commercial relationship between Tehran and the United Arab Emirates. A series of recent economic measures taken by the UAE following Iranian attacks on

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Iran’s Heavy Economic Toll on Gulf Arab States

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The Strait of Hormuz disruption, combined with targeted attacks on oil and gas infrastructure across the Persian Gulf, has placed regional economies under strain, raising the prospect of prolonged economic damage. Early estimates suggest that the loss of two of Qatar’s fourteen liquified natural gas trains has wiped out around 17 percent of the country’s annual liquefied

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Iran shields its oil exports as Hormuz flows falter

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hile Iran has effectively choked off oil exports by its Arab neighbors through the Strait of Hormuz, it has continued shipping its own crude largely uninterrupted. Since the start of joint US–Israeli strikes on February 28, Iran has targeted at least 16 vessels and tankers, sharply curbing flows through one of the world’s most critical

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Hormuz disruption tests limits of global energy markets

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Failure to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is beginning to show what prolonged disruption could mean for global energy markets. Early volatility has been sharp but manageable, yet the longer the disruption lasts, the greater the risk that physical shortages—rather than price swings—will drive the crisis. In recent days, Iranian attacks have expanded

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Attacks on Tehran’s Fuel Storage and Energy Infrastructure Will Have Consequences

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The Israeli military has announced that it targeted fuel storage facilities linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Tehran on March 7, 2026. Videos circulating online show massive flames and thick plumes of smoke rising from oil depots in Tehran and Karaj. Tehran Governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian said on March 8 that fuel supply

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Iran’s oil weapon may rattle markets but not alter the war

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Iran has shown it can disrupt regional energy flows. What remains far less clear is whether it can use that leverage to shape the outcome of the conflict in its favor. Over the past several days, Iranian missiles have targeted three oil tankers and several oil and gas facilities in neighboring countries while also obstructing

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