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Iran rejects new U.S. border crackdown as maritime tensions rise

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) dismissed a new U.S. military operation targeting the movement of weapons and sanctioned materials on Sunday, 8 November, saying Washington would fail to isolate the Iranian economy despite expanding restrictions on maritime and land routes.

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Gulf economy

Oman: The unlikely economic winner of the Iran war

While the economies of several major Gulf countries have contracted in 2026 amid the fallout from the Iran war, Oman is on course to grow by 4.1 per cent this year, according to projections from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).