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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Iran’s National Petrochemical Company has announced a blanket ban on the export of “all petrochemical products” until further notice. The stated aim of the decision is to “stabilize the domestic market and prevent shortages of feedstock and raw materials.” During the recent 39-day war, Israel carried out extensive strikes on Iran’s petrochemical facilities, particularly in
Israel’s recent strikes on Iran’s southern petrochemical infrastructure have raised concerns over potential disruptions to one of the country’s key sources of export revenue, underscoring the strategic vulnerability of its energy sector. In recent days, Israel hastargeted at least eight large petrochemical facilities in Mahshahr, a major industrial zone in Khuzestan province, before extending its attacks
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Strikes on two of Iran’s largest steel facilities threaten to erase at least $6 billion in annual export revenues and flip the country from a net exporter to a net importer of the metal for the first time in years. Khuzestan Steel Company has halted operations following Friday’s attacks by the United States and Israel,
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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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President Donald Trump has in recent days threatened to obliterate Iran’s power plants, in response to the Islamic Republic’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. He has since delayed any action, saying he granted a grace period—despite Tehran’s insistence that it is not negotiating with the White House over a 15-point proposal reportedly conveyed via
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Iran’s plans to reduce its reliance on the Strait of Hormuz appear to have delivered little practical change so far, according to tanker-tracking data from Kpler obtained by Iran International. For more than a decade, Tehran has invested heavily in the Jask oil terminal, a project designed to shift part of its crude exports to
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The United States has signaled it will issue a one-month waiver allowing limited sales of sanctioned Iranian oil, aiming to calm global markets amid heightened geopolitical tensions. While the move may offer Tehran short-term relief, it ultimately reinforces Washington’s control over Iran’s oil revenues and exports. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the measure as
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Analysts often describe geopolitical crises as “holding hostage” global oil markets. But the latest developments in the Persian Gulf suggest something more striking: Iran is not merely disrupting the system; it is openly defying it. Iran has shut down traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and has targeted at least fifteen tankers and commercial vessels.
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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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