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#Iran Supreme Leader #MojtabaKhamenei issued his first statement on the #war, saying that the #StraitOfHormuz will remain closed as a “tool of pressure", & that attacks on Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbors will continue.
#Khamenei did not appear on camera. intelligence sources believe he was wounded in the attack that killed his family. Khamenei called on Gulf Arabs to “shut down” #US bases, saying promised US protection is “nothing more than a lie.”
2 Tankers Attacked & Burning; #Oil Disruption Is Called Worst in History
The #IRGC claimed responsibility for attacking 1 of the 2 tankers off #Iraq’s coast, a Marshall Islands-flagged ship that Iraqi ofcls said was owned by a #US company. In a statement cited by #Iran state media, the Guards said the ship had “disobeyed & ignored” warnings. US #Energy Secy Chris Wright told CNBC the US Navy was not ready to begin escorting ships through the #StraitOfHormuz.
#TrumpsWar
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Energy Secretary Wright says U.S. 'not ready' to escort oil tankers through Strait of Hormuz yet
Tanker traffic through the strait remains at a standstill as ship owners fear attacks by Iran. The closure has triggered the largest oil supply disruption ever.Spencer Kimball (CNBC)
“This really is the big one,” David Goldwyn, fmr #US diplomat & #Energy Dept ofcl, said of the shutdown of the #StraitOfHormuz, the world’s most important choke point for #oil. This is the emergency scenario everyone feared.
#Cargo deliveries are stranded, #shipping charges have increased & #insurance premiums have skyrocketed. Yes, the price of #gas at the pump is affected. But so is the price of #food, #medicine, airplane tickets, #electricity, cooking oil, semiconductors & more.
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@gailwaldby #GasPrices2026 #OperationEpicFury #StraitOfHormuz #TrumpNetanyahuWar
Why Gas Prices are Rising: Middle East War Map 2026
Why are gas prices rising? See the Middle East map following the Trump-Netanyahu strikes on Iran. Discover how the "Operation Epic Fury" conflict is cutting off global oil and hitting your wallet at the pump.The Democracy Labs
"With nearly one-third of key fertilizer ingredients and a large share of global urea and ammonia exports tied to the region, attacks on ships and halted transit are driving up fertilizer, oil, and diesel prices—raising costs for farmers and potentially leading to higher grocery prices and lower crop yields worldwide."
#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #fertilizer #agriculture #food
/14
"The war with Iran is threatening to raise global food prices as shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz stall fertilizer exports critical for agriculture."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #oil #gas #fertilizer #agriculture #food
/13
"And so now nearly all tanker traffic there is at an indefinite standstill and there’s a line of about 3,000 boats with some 20,000 crew members stuck."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #groceries #affordability #economy
/8
"Bad news, weirdos! The Gas prices have surged 20 percent over the past two weeks, after the Strait of Hormuz — which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and through which 30 percent of the world’s boat-shipped oil and 20 percent of its natural gas flows — was deemed by insurance companies to be too dangerous to allow tankers to go through after the US attack on Feb. 28."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #groceries #affordability #economy
/7
"Remember how a bunch of low-information voters — that inexplicable some 4 to 6-ish percent of people who also voted for Barack Obama and also Joe Biden, or who previously didn’t vote at all — came out for Trump in ‘24 because of The Groceries and The Gas and The Inflation and the Masculine Penis Insecurities or whatever?"
~ Marcie Jones
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #groceries #affordability #economy
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"In his first public remarks as Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei called for national unity and said that all US bases in the region should close or face attacks.
The strait of Hormuz will remain closed in order to pressure Iran’s enemies, Khamenei said."
~ The Guardian
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #oil #gas #StraitOfHormuz #Khamenei
/16
"Military analysts say reopening the Strait of Hormuz could require a ground operation to seize Iran’s coastline along the strategic waterway, a move that would significantly escalate the conflict and could lead to higher casualties for U.S. and allied forces, according to the Wall Street Journal."
~ Aaron Parnas
"Did he threaten an investigation? Did he ask how much responsibility Russia is ready to bear? Did he tell Putin there would be future consequences? Did Trump, you know, stand up to the man who’s helping kill his own people?
Another commander-in-chief would have. With Trump, however, there’s a sense he’s not responsible. When troops die, he seems unmoved by their sacrifice."
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/25
"Around a quarter of the world’s oil passes through the strait. Iran’s new leader vowed to keep it shut. Oil prices are soaring.
With prices soaring, the Russians have taken in $7 billion in oil revenues in the last week and stand to take in more. …
When Trump talked to Putin on Monday, did he ask if intelligence or drones given by Russia to Iran led directly to any of those seven deaths [of US soldiers]?"
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/24
"In addition to helping the Iranians kill American military personnel (seven have died and 140 have been injured since the start of the war, per the AP), the Russians are helping the Iranians choke off the global supply of oil at the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranians attacked three tankers Wednesday. They attacked three more today. They attacked a port in Oman. They forced ports in Iraq to close."
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/23
"The Russians are now helping the Iranians in their war for survival against the United States, first by providing 'targeting information,' according to the Post, and second by providing 'specific advice on drone tactics,' according to CNN."
~ John Stoehr
#Trump #Putin #Iran #Russia #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/22
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While Putin helps Iran kill Americans, Trump shrugs
The material outcome of their chumminess is no longer theoretical.John Stoehr (Editorial Board)
"Iran dramatically escalated its strategy of striking civilian infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf on Wednesday, attacking commercial ships and targeting Dubai’s international airport as US and Israeli warplanes launched new waves of strikes."
~ Clea Skopeliti
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #Dubai #Israel
/13
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First Thing: Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf
Oil prices again rise over $100 a barrel as Iran threatens long ‘war of attrition’. Plus, San Francisco slashes air pollutionClea Skopeliti (The Guardian)
"As we keep pointing out, if the US and the rest of the world had actually taken the threat of climate change seriously for the past three decades and sharply ramped up clean energy production, we’d all be less subject to sudden interruptions of oil supplies by now."
~ Marty Kelley
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
/12
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Maybe Trump Bombed Some Schools, But At Least Gas Prices Are Going Higher And Higher
It's a Dire situation in the Strait, and we're spending all this Money for Nothing.Doktor Zoom (Wonkette)
"'U.S. officials called London insurers and brokers, trying to figure out how the market operates, industry insiders said. Some have received calls asking for confidential data on the Lloyd’s market that participants have been reluctant to share.'
Experts on the insurance market tell the WSJ that insurers are still willing to underwrite shipping through the Strait of Hormuz but that shippers, understandably, aren’t willing to risk the lives of their crews."
#Trump #oil #StraitofHormuz
/11
"Racing to respond to the utterly predictable impact of its Iran attack on global oil prices, President Trump made the impromptu policy announcement that the U.S. government would backstop insurers shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but as the WSJ reports, the administration had little idea what it was proposing:"
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #economy #affordability
/10
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Of Course It Did: Trump Tantrum Led to Reversal on Law Firm Appeals
INSIDE: Pam Bondi ... Karoline Leavitt ... Pete HegsethDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
"He framed the surge as a positive development while insisting the war is necessary to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. For Americans paying more at the pump, that message is likely to land very differently. But good for Trump’s wealthy oil baron friends, I guess."
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #economy #affordability
/9
"Instead of expressing concern about rising costs for Americans, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social celebrating the price spikes. In his message, Trump argued that higher oil prices are good because the United States is the largest oil producer in the world and therefore 'makes a lot of money' when prices rise."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz #prices #economy #affordability
/8
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Thursday Afternoon Updates: Trump Celebrates Higher Oil Prices as Iran War Spirals — 3/12/26
It’s Thursday afternoon, and as we head toward the end of the week, there is a lot happening around the world that you need to know about.Ben Meiselas (Meidas+)
"He clearly thinks that is what will happen here—that he can just choose the moment where he wants to undo this and go back to the way it was. Leaving aside all the other reasons why that’s probably not possible—such as trust in the U.S., the Israelis might not be ready to stop—just assume all those problems are solvable. What you have now is the Strait of Hormuz has become militarized in a way that it wasn’t before."
"So basically this mess is like turning off the spigot that controls 20 percent of the world’s oil flow. ... This is one of those shocks that is going to be very hard to get back to any sort of status quo before the war. There’s also no end in sight. ...
Can we extricate ourselves? With the tariffs, he could say, '20 percent tariff today,' & then back off, leaving aside the illegality of doing that."
~ Elizabeth Saunders
#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #StraitofHormuz
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Trump’s Iran Blunders Suddenly Look Darker After Damning New Leaks Hit
As brutal revelations emerge about Trump’s handling of the war, a foreign policy expert explains why he won’t be able to extricate us from this debacle anytime soon—and provides a roadmap to what’s next.The New Republic
Seafarers have the right to refuse to sail on ships passing through the Middle East Gulf, including the Strait of Hormuz, after the threat level for the region was raised to its highest level, the leading labour union and shipping industry groups said on Thursday. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Michael Tamvakis, Professor of Commodity Economics and Finance at the Bayes Business School, City University London.
#Iran #war #shipping #StraitofHormuz
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Seafarers can refuse to sail through Mideast Gulf region, main union says • FRANCE 24 English
Seafarers have the right to refuse to sail on ships passing through the Middle East Gulf, including the Strait of Hormuz, after the threat level for the reg...YouTube
#France and its allies are preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the strategically vital #StraitofHormuz , President Emmanuel #Macron said Monday as the #MiddleEast #war entered its second week. The French leader landed by helicopter on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, dispatched to the Mediterranean after US-Israeli strikes on #Iran on February 28 triggered a war that has sown chaos in the Middle East and threatens to spill into other regions.
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Macron says France, allies preparing 'defensive' mission to reopen Strait of Hormuz • FRANCE 24
France and its allies are preparing a "defensive" mission to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, President Emmanuel Macron said Monday as the Mi...YouTube
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Peter McNally, Global Head of Sector Analysts at Third Bridge, says that "the duration of the outage in the Middle East is going to be the biggest factor" in the G7's decision to tap into strategic oil reserves, adding that US President Donald Trump has "very few" options to keep energy prices down in the short term "other than to make demand go lower".
#Iran #oil #Trump #war #energy #StraitofHormuz
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Trump has 'very few' options to keep energy prices down in the short term, analyst says
Speaking with FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney, Peter McNally, Global Head of Sector Analysts at Third Bridge, says that "the duration of the outage in the Middle ...YouTube
The U.S. military "eliminated" 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement, as President Donald Trump warned that any mines laid in the Strait by Iran must be removed immediately. Trump previously said the U.S. had "completely destroyed" 10 inactive mine-laying vessels. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson reports from Washington.
#Iran #StraitofHormuz #oil #shipping
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Trump says US destroying Iranian mine-laying boats • FRANCE 24 English
The U.S. military "eliminated" 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the U.S. Central Command said in a statement, as Presiden...YouTube
BREAKING NEWS
Reports indicate ships are navigating the Strait of Hormuz by switching off transponders during transit and turning them back on after passing through the Strait.
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