“Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel," a spokesman for the Iranian Army warned the world on Wednesday (11 March), as attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz escalated. Meanwhile, 32 countries agreed to the largest ever release of oil reserves in an attempt to reduce prices.
Iranian Army Spokesman, Ebrahim Zolfaqri, warned the world to prepare for oil to climb to $200 a barrel on Wednesday. In words directed at Washington, he added: "The oil price depends on regional security, which you have destabilised."
His remarks came as three ships were reportedly struck in the critical Strait of Hormuz sea passage, including the Thai-flagged Mayuree Naree, which was seen smoking after being struck by an object.
Nations belonging to the International Energy Agency agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil in efforts aimed at bringing down the price of crude oil, which has soared since conflict broke out between Iran, the U.S. and Israel.
The proposed discharge is in excess of the 182 million barrels of oil that IEA nations put onto the market in two stages in 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshian told Iranian news agency ISNA that Mojtaba Khamenei was in good health, despite earlier reports he had been injured during U.S.Israel airstrikes.
Earlier, an unnamed Iranian official told Reuters that the 56-year-old Supreme Leader was ‘lightly injured but continuing to operate’.
During a visit to Azerbaijan on Wednesday, President of the EU Council Antonio Costa said he “condemned in the strongest terms” the recent Iranian attack on Nakhchivan Airport.
Speaking at a press conference with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Costa added: “The European Union remains committed to working with all partners through dialogue and diplomacy to de-escalate tensions and protect civilians.”
A player from the Iranian women’s team has decided to go back to Iran, despite being granted a humanitarian visa in Australia.
The player was among five members of the team who sought asylum in Australia, after they were labelled “traitors” by Iranian state media for refusing to sing the Iranian national anthem at the start of a Women’s Asian Cup game last week.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Americans’ financial struggles are not a factor in his decision-making as he seeks to negotiate an end to the Iran war, saying that preventing Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon is his top priority.
Kuwait arrested four members of an IRGC-linked group as they tried to enter the country by sea, the Gulf state's KUNA news agency reported on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a senior IRGC officer said Iran had expanded its definition of the Strait of Hormuz to include a far wider area.
Metropolitan Shio of Senaki and Chkhorotsku has been elected the 142nd head of the Georgian Orthodox Church at a meeting of clergy in Tbilisi following the death of longtime Patriarch Ilia II.
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