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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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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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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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 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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After suffering U.S. and Israeli strikes on its military and senior officials, the Islamic Republic launched a missile and drone assault against Arab states along the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces launched roughly 1,500 drones and missiles at Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and even Oman as of March 3, 2026.
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