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Iran. Photograph: Asghar Besharati/AP The contrast with the fortunes of US and other non-Gulf-centred petroleum companies could not be more stark. On Tuesday, BP said its profits for the first quarter
Iran is expected to further push up food prices. Compass Group, one of the biggest providers in the sector, has a net profit margin of only 4%. Sodexo, a group that also provides facilities management
executive order, originally issued by President George W Bush after the Iraq War, grants legal protection to Iraqi oil revenues held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, shielding them from being frozen
protests](/news/2026/1/6/protests-grow-as-irans-government-makes-meager-offer-amid-tanking-economy). That budget sought to eliminate the cheapest currency rate. The rationale at the time was that the subsidised rate virtually created a nontransparent system that for years propagated corruption without meaningfully reducing prices
Iran and rising energy costs raise concerns about the global economy. “Working people refuse to pay the price for Donald Trump’s war in the Middle East,” the European Trade Union Confederation, which represents
protest against [the US blockade](/news/2026/4/22/iran-calls-us-ship-seizure-piracy-is-it). Amir-Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said that breaking the siege is a necessary condition for the negotiations to proceed. Asked whether the relative calm
Iran and security concerns after Saturday night’s [shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/donald-melania-trump-white-houe-correspondents-dinner). Many challenges lie ahead as he takes up his [UK government-decreed task](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/31/king-charles-state-visit-to-us-to-go-ahead-buckingham-palace-confirms)