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war. Iran has effectively closed the strait to shipping, creating global economic pressure by driving up energy prices
Energy prices have soared since the war began more than six weeks ago after the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route effectively closed and peace talks between the US and Iran failed. The IMF said
global energy markets since the first strikes at the end of February. In retaliation, Iran has effectively closed the strait of Hormuz, a [vital export route for oil from the Gulf](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/us-iran-ceasefire-mass-exodus-ships-strait-hormuz-analysts).
war with Iran after Tehran effectively choked off one of the world's most important shipping lanes. The disruption to shipping since the conflict began six weeks ago has sent shock waves across the global
effectively been shut since early March. The International Energy Agency called it the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. Oil prices have spiked, gas prices are climbing and inflation fears
global energy supplies, with the effective blockade of the strait of Hormuz contributing to a sharp rise in diesel prices. “It’s a repositioning,” Lorenzo Castellani, a political historian at Rome’s Luiss University, told
Iran launched strikes across several countries in the region in the first few days of the war alone, targeting American assets as well as Gulf energy and other infrastructure – almost immediately causing global market disruption
war on Iran on February 28, authorities in Tehran implemented the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the only waterway out of the Gulf, through which 20 percent of the world
war. The Strait of Hormuz has become a key flashpoint of the conflict after Iran retaliated against US-Israeli strikes since 28 February by threatening to attack vessels that try to use it. Energy prices
prices and disruption of supplies caused by the war in 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
war with Iran after Tehran effectively choked off one of the world's most important shipping lanes. President Donald Trump has said the US blockade is in response to Iran "knowingly failing" to reopen
global economy while petroleum companies rake in spectacular profits from elevated fuel prices, analysis has revealed. The uneven distribution of risk and reward comes amid rising concern that the US-Israeli attack on Iran
war on Iran began. However, rising energy costs as a result of the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz has began to push up inflation around the world. The latest Office for National Statistics
war: **Iran's economy | UK-France conference | International reaction | Airline fuel struggles | Points of contention** ### **Trump says Iran flailing economically** Despite Iran's refusal to attend negotiations this week, Trump says the country
global south [currencies are depreciating](https://www.cgdev.org/blog/will-iran-war-be-breaking-point-vulnerable-countries#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20the%20Egyptian%20pound,over%20around%20$1%20billion%20apiece.), inflation has spiked, and unemployment is rising. "There are so many things that are going to go south anyway because of this war," he says. ### Transport troubles
effective during a number of crises, including the 2014 oil price crash and the COVID pandemic, when the group maintained a coordinated response. ## ‘A deep regional rupture’ But some believe the UAE’s withdrawal
effect of that growth” influencing the performance. It is a view Reeves does not recognise – arguing that Labour put the country on a stronger footing after taking power from the Conservatives. But UK households
war. US Central Command has prepared a plan for a wave of "short and powerful" strikes on Iran in a moved aimed to break the deadlock in negotiations with Tehran, news site Axios reported
global energy crisis threatens to deepen as the war drags on. Iran on Sunday held firm that ships would not pass while the US blockade remained in effect. ![A man inspects his car damaged
effective closure has sparked fears of a global recession and led to a surge in fuel prices around the world, including in the US. We are restarting our live coverage of the US-Israeli war