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87 results for "Iran" · Supply Chain+Disaster

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Supply ChainCrisis🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 🇮🇷Iran 🇴🇲Oman

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6d ago

More than two months into the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, seafarers working in the Persian Gulf are facing severe mental health crises and dangerous working conditions, according to maritime charities. Ship crews—from captains to engineers and galley staff—have been stranded aboard vessels caught in the crossfire of drone and missile attacks, creating both immediate physical risk and cumulative psychological trauma.

6.2/10·Al-Monitor·Persian Gulf

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Supply ChainCrisis🇺🇸United States 🇨🇳China 🇭🇰HK+16d ago

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned 10 individuals and companies based in China and Hong Kong for helping Iran's military acquire weapons and raw materials used to manufacture Shahed drones. The announcement comes days before President Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and amid stalled diplomatic efforts to resolve tensions with Iran.

6.2/10·Al-Monitor·Hong Kong, Central and Western

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Supply ChainUpdate12d ago

Beijing is reversing curbs on refined fuel exports after halting shipments during U.S.-Iran conflict escalation. China's state refiners are applying for permits to resume fuel exports in May, suggesting comfortable domestic inventory levels despite broader Asian fuel shortages caused by disrupted Gulf energy flows through the Hormuz chokepoint.

6.2/10·Oil Price (Energy Intel)

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Supply ChainResolution🇨🇳China8d ago

China says will play 'greater role' in ending Middle East conflict China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing would play a “greater role” in ending hostilities in the Middle East during talks with his Iranian counterpart on Wednesday, a week before US President Donald Trump is due to meet Xi Jinping . China is a key customer for Iranian oil, defying sanctions imposed by the United States, and is directly affected by the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, bordered by Iran. Beijing has quietly engaged in efforts to resolve the weekslong crisis and its diplomacy is credited with playing an important role in the fragile ceasefire agreed between Washington and Tehran.

6.1/10·Dawn

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇷Iran6d ago

Approximately 2,200 Iranian construction workers have returned to work at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, according to Iran's state atomic energy corporation. The report does not specify why the workers had been absent or the duration of the absence.

5.5/10·Anadolu Agency (English)·Bushehr, Bushehr

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Supply ChainCrisis🇮🇷Iran7d ago

Satellite imagery has revealed a suspected oil spill near Iran's Kharg Island, the country's main oil export hub. The incident could affect crude production and export operations at a critical facility responsible for the bulk of Iran's petroleum shipments.

5.5/10·Kayhan London·Kharg Island, Khuzestan

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Supply ChainResolution🇮🇷Iran 🇺🇸United States8d ago

Iran will control Strait of Hormuz 'forever', former senior US official says Iran will control Strait of Hormuz 'forever', former senior US official says Submitted by Sean Mathews on Wed, 05/06/2026 - 21:15 In a Bloomberg interview, Amos Hochstein said the oil shortages that poor countries are experiencing could move to the West A woman crosses a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading 'Forever in Iran’s Hand', at Vanak Square in Tehran, Iran, on 6 May 2026 (AFP) Off Iran will control the Strait of Hormuz “forever”, regardless of what a peace deal between the US and the Islamic Republic says, forcing Gulf states to build new pipelines to bypass Iran’s chokehold, a former senior US official said on Tuesday. “The Strait of Hormuz is under Iranian control forever - basically for the foreseeable future,” Amos Hochstein, an energy and Middle East adviser to former US President Joe Biden, told Bloomberg. “Nobody in the market should look at what the deal says eventually and believe it on [the] straits.

5.5/10·Middle East Eye

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Supply ChainCrisis12d ago

Bankrupt discount carrier Spirit Airlines ceased operations on Saturday, the industry’s first casualty linked to the Iran war, after failing to secure creditor support for a US government bailout plan. The collapse of the carrier following a doubling in jet fuel prices during the two-month-old Iran war will cost thousands of jobs. It is a blow to US President Donald Trump, who had proposed US$500 million to save Spirit despite opposition from some of his closest advisers and many Republicans in...

5.5/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇷Iran 🇮🇱Israel6d ago

Global oil stocks drop almost 270 million barrels since start of Iran war Global oil inventories are falling sharply as the Israeli-US war on Iran constrains crude flows from the Gulf following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a Bloomberg report. The data shows stockpiles declined by about 4.8 million barrels per day between March 1 and April 25, pushing global reserves towards their lowest levels since 2018. Energy executives told Bloomberg the downward trend is likely to continue in the near term, as supply disruptions persist.

5.3/10·Middle East Eye

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Supply ChainUpdate13d ago

Slovak PM Robert Fico quipped that oil prices depend on Trump’s mood after reports the US president would be briefed on new Iran options Read Full Article at RT.com

5.2/10·RT (Russia Today) English

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇷Iran6d ago

The war involving Iran has thrown into sharp relief the fragility of global shipping networks, exposing critical chokepoints and logistical dependencies that leave international trade exposed to disruption at scale.

5.0/10·Nikkei Asia

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Supply ChainResolution🇺🇸United States 🇮🇷Iran8d ago

US and Iran close to finalising peace deal New Delhi, May 06: After protracted and tough negotiations, the United States and Iran are close to finalising a deal to end the conflict. The two sides have held marathon talks for weeks to iron out their differences and arrive at a mutually acceptable framework that could pave the way for a formal agreement and long-term peace. "We will close this very soon.

4.9/10·Greater Kashmir

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Supply ChainCrisis🇮🇷Iran 🇴🇲Oman6d ago

An Indian sailor was killed and several others injured after their wooden dhow caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz, government sources said on Saturday Seventeen other Indian crew members were rescued following the incident on Friday, they said, noting that the exact cause of the blaze is still being ascertained. The crew members were rescued by a vessel which was passing by in the area, the sources said. The incident came amid increasing hostilities between Iran and the US in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital maritime chokepoint between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which a significant portion of the world's oil supply passes.

4.7/10·Business Standard

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Supply ChainUpdate8d ago

Oil prices fall as markets react to possible Hormuz agreement Oil prices fall as markets react to possible Hormuz agreement Oil prices dropped sharply on Wednesday while stock markets rose globally amid hopes that the US and Iran may be moving towards an agreement that would allow shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to resume normally. Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell 5.8 percent to $103.54 a barrel after climbing above $115 earlier this week. The decline came after US President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz could be “OPEN TO ALL” if Iran agrees to a reported deal, though he did not provide further details.

4.7/10·Middle East Eye

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Supply ChainUpdate13d ago

Iran delivered the draft to mediator Pakistan on Thursday (April 30, 2026) evening, state media reported without detailing its contents

4.6/10·The Hindu

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Supply ChainCrisis🇨🇳China 🇮🇷Iran 🇮🇱Israel6d ago

China’s export sector showed strong resilience last month, with the total value of outbound shipments hitting a monthly record even as the Strait of Hormuz crisis during the US-Israeli war in Iran showed little sign of abating after driving up energy and shipping costs. The value of China’s exports rose in April by 14.1 per cent, year on year, to US$359.44 billion, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Saturday. The reading was above the 6.96 per cent growth...

4.5/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainCrisis🇵🇭Philippines 🇮🇷Iran7d ago

Leaders of Southeast Asian countries holding a summit on Friday are expected to thrash out a coordinated response to the impacts of the Middle East crisis, as they aim to ease pressure from an energy shock ‌that has rattled their oil import-reliant economies. Meeting on the Philippine island of Cebu, leaders of the Association of […] The post Southeast Asian leaders seek strategy to ease impacts of Iran war appeared first on DVB .

4.5/10·DVB News·Cebu

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Supply ChainCrisis🇺🇸United States 🇮🇷Iran8d ago

US strikes Iranian tanker amid reports Washington and Tehran near deal US forces struck an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, even as Washington and Tehran appeared to move closer to a tentative agreement to end their two-month war, with US President Donald Trump warning that renewed bombing could begin if Iran rejects the proposed deal. A US fighter jet disabled the tanker by targeting its rudder as the vessel attempted to breach an American naval blockade of Iranian ports, US Central Command said in a social media post. The strike highlighted...

4.5/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainCrisis9d ago

Fuel prices rise again as Middle East crisis translates into economic shock Two months after the start of the Iran war, Slovenian companies report that the economic consequences of the Middle East crisis have materialised. There is no longer merely talk of risks but the realisation of operational disruptions and cost shocks. As tensions again rise in the Strait of ...

4.5/10·Slovenia Times

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Supply ChainCrisis🇮🇷Iran 🇺🇸United States10d ago

Iran warned Trump’s “Project Freedom” risks dragging the United States into deeper conflict, rejecting the plan as tensions escalate in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran warned that a U.S. plan to secure shipping in the Strait of Hormuz could escalate tensions, calling President Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom” a “dead end,” according to a report by […] The post Iran Warns Trump Plan Risks ‘Quagmire,’ Calls It Dead End appeared first on Khaama Press .

4.5/10·Khaama Press (Afghanistan)

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Supply ChainUpdate

Türkiye Charts a Distinctive Course amid Middle East Turmoil Much is at stake for Türkiye, a growing regional power, amid the shaky truce in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. It will face new risks and opportunities in the post-war dispensation. For now, it wants to help end the confrontation as soon as possible. 

4.1/10·International Crisis Group

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇷Iran 🇵🇰Pakistan6d ago

Qatari LNG tanker heads to Strait of Hormuz in first transit since Iran war began A Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker is approaching the Strait of Hormuz, potentially becoming the first of its kind to pass through the waterway since the war on Iran began. Shipping data from LSEG shows the Al Kharaitiyat departed Ras Laffan and is sailing towards the strait en route to Port Qasim in Pakistan. If it completes the journey, it would mark the first known transit by a Qatari LNG tanker through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

4.1/10·Middle East Eye

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Supply ChainCrisis🇰🇷South Korea 🇮🇷Iran 🇮🇱Israel6d ago

South Korea is drawing growing interest from Middle Eastern oil producers seeking to store crude oil at the country’s petroleum reserve bases, the world’s sixth largest, amid a prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a South Korean official and an expert on the matter have said. The strait’s closure in the wake of the US-Israel war on Iran has taken a toll not only on South Korea and other nations dependent on oil imports but also oil-producing countries whose storage tanks are filling up...

4.1/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainCrisis🇮🇷Iran8d ago

‘Plastic shock’ hits Asia as Iran oil crisis strangles supplies Shortage of petrochemical inputs drives up prices of packaging for food and medical products

4.1/10·Financial Times Economics

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Supply ChainCrisis🇺🇸United States 🇮🇷Iran8d ago

U.S. fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the American blockade of Iran’s ports, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post

4.1/10·The Hindu

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