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Strike on South Pars deepens regional risk
Israel struck Iran’s largest petrochemical complex at Asaluyeh on Monday, widening the war’s economic and strategic dimensions as both sides escalated attacks across West Asia. Defence Minister Israel Katz said the target was a key facility in the South Pars area and described the operation as a “powerful strike”,...
China’s opening at Hormuz – Newspack Live!
Saurabh Mukherjea of Marcellus Investments has framed the crisis in stark terms, arguing that Beijing could use the turmoil to deepen alignment with Tehran and gain decisive influence over a passage through which much of the world’s oil moves. That interpretation is forward-looking rather than verified fact, but it...
Bushehr strike widens Gulf nuclear alarm
Iran’s foreign minister has warned Gulf states that any radioactive fallout from attacks on the Bushehr nuclear plant would devastate nearby Arab capitals before reaching Tehran, sharpening fears that the widening US-Israeli campaign against Iranian strategic sites could trigger a cross-border nuclear emergency. The warning followed what Iranian and...
Bab el-Mandeb threat raises shipping stakes
Tehran has opened the door to a broader maritime confrontation after parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signalled that pressure on Iran’s adversaries might not stop at the Strait of Hormuz, raising the prospect of disruption at Bab el-Mandeb, the southern gateway to the Red Sea and a vital artery...
Tehran tests new Hormuz shipping order
Iran is moving to redefine how vessels pass through the Strait of Hormuz, with Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi saying Tehran has almost completed a draft protocol for a new maritime regime in coordination with Oman. The proposal, as described in reports on Friday, would create a joint framework...
Markets convulse as Trump hardens Iran threat
Global markets lurched lower on Thursday after US President Donald Trump used a prime-time address to say military objectives against Iran would be completed “very shortly” while also warning Tehran it would be hit “extremely hard” if no deal is reached, a combination that deepened fears of a wider...
