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conflict that has sent crude soaring and revived inflation fears. **ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images** ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images He also said his office would continue to "systematically degrade Tehran's ability to generate
Iran on February 28. Tehran retaliated by closing off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow channel linking the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, through which approximately 20 percent of the world’s oil
impacts, and costs that continue to mount across generations. The lesson is clear. When nuclear systems fail, the consequences are long-lasting, widespread, and extraordinarily difficult to manage. The damage does not end when headlines
impact of the United States-Israeli war on Iran and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz on the world economy. The war has damaged energy infrastructure across the Gulf, while critical exports like oil
impact on lowering prices is questionable](/economy/2026/4/13/energy-prices-rise-despite-jones-act-suspension-by-trump), reflects a broader push by the White House to dampen politically sensitive fuel price spikes before November’s midterm elections, where affordability is expected to be a defining
conflict. ## 1- Incorrect generalisation of the 12-day war experience Washington assumed Iran’s behavioural pattern from the short war with Israel would repeat, but this time the level of direct US involvement
impact,” it said. Kuwait’s Defence Ministry said a “number of hostile drones” were detected in the country’s airspace at dawn. In a post on X, a spokesperson said the drones were dealt with
impact of the US-Israel war with Iran. Gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 5% in the period, compared to a year earlier, according to official data. Economists had expected the figure to come
oil prices to multiyear highs. “Even short of a full shutdown, ‘permissioning’ and pressure can impose major costs and uncertainty,” Jack Kennedy, head of MENA Country Risk at S&P Global Market Intelligence, said
oil prices to soar. Later, [Iran began charging tolls](/news/2026/3/26/tehranstollbooth-how-iran-picks-who-to-let-through-strait-of-hormuz) for passage through – a move until now unheard of for a strait. Despite a fragile ceasefire, Washington, in an attempt to pressure Iran, has imposed
us at exactly the same place we were before." Iran's closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor for the world's oil, has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and posed problems
conflict, referencing US and Israeli attacks in Iran and Lebanon, including a February airstrike that killed [at least 175 people](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/iran-war-missile-strike-elementary-school) at an [Iranian elementary school.](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide) “I’ve just been
prices down for a second day on Wednesday. Asian stocks rose while the safe-haven dollar stabilised after falling for a seventh straight session overnight. **Welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis
oil supply. “Pharmaceuticals are tied to both petrochemical feedstocks, a large part of which are sourced through the Persian Gulf,” Frederic Schneider, a nonresident senior fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, told
oil price and boosted stock markets, as the president’s upbeat messages are designed to do. But it all remained tenuous. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the reopening of the strait
conflict continues into the middle of the year and oil prices remain above $100 a barrel.  A farmer harvests wheat crops in the suburbs of Peshawar, Pakistan
conflict-hit Iran, new figures show, as [diplomatic efforts](/news/2026/5/10/iran-sends-response-to-us-proposal-to-end-war-via-mediator-pakistan) to end the war launched by the United States and Israel intensify. “The people must realistically understand the conditions and restrictions of the country,” President
impact, reared its Medusa-like head. Again. "No worries," Spain's determined-to-appear calm prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said to waiting journalists as he arrived at the leaders' summit. "We are fulfilling our obligations
Iran. High oil and gas prices and energy shortages triggered by the recent war have created what the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, has called "[the mother of all energy crises
Iran is likely to have a severe knock-on effect on the NHS. Photograph: Meysam Mirzadeh/Tasnim/AFP/Getty In response, NHS England has increased purchases of drugs and devices to build up buffers. While there