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☆ From missile batteries to oil refineries to nuclear labs, Israel could hit a wide range of targets in Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Dan De Luce | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Courtney-Kube-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

If Israel decides to go that route, it remains an open question what parts of Iran’s oil sector Israel would try to attack. An attack on Iran’s oil industry could drive up oil prices and jolt the global economy. NuclearBiden said this week that the U.S. opposed any strikes on Iran’s nuclear program. Iran denies it has ever sought to build nuclear weapons and says its nuclear program is designed for civilian purposes. A 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers limited Iran’s nuclear project in return for an easing of economic sanctions.

Persons: Israel, Iran’s, ”, Monica Alba, Joe Biden, “, ” Biden, Fatemeh Bahrami, Nuclear Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump Organizations: U.S, Energy, NBC News, Persian Gulf, Nuclear, Getty, of Atomic Scientists Locations: Iran, Tehran, Israel, Strait, Hormuz, Persian, U.S, Persian Gulf Star, Bandar Abbas, Fordow, Isfahan, Khondab, Iranian

☆ Israel retaliation may target Iran oil infrastructure, boosting prices further, Wall Street analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The expanding war in the Middle East, however, has reached a new boiling point as Israel has vowed a "painful" response to Iran's attack. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could take aim at the Islamic Republic's oil infrastructure in retaliation, geopolitical and crude market analysts say. "The next turn in this retaliation spiral may very well involve oil – via the degrading of Iran's oil capacityor Iran's proxies attacking oil and gas shipping from the Persian Gulf," Piper Sandler analysts told clients in a Wednesday research note. If Iran's oil exports of around 1.8 million bpd were taken offline, prices would likely jump by at least $5 per barrel, McNally said. An escalation on this scale could send oil prices higher in increments of $10 per barrel, the analyst said.

Persons: Ali Mohammadi, Benjamin Netanyahu, Helima Croft, Jack Jacobs, Jacobs, Croft, Piper Sandler, Bob McNally, McNally Organizations: Persian Gulf, Bloomberg, Getty, OPEC, RBC Capital Markets, U.S, Army, Rapidan Energy Locations: Bandar Abbas, Iran, Israel, China, Persian

☆ Why the Iranian Navy keeps losing warships in accidents, after its Sahand frigate capsized and sank
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

It was the third navy ship Iran has lost in an accident since 2018. AdvertisementIn June 2021, it lost the 680-feet-long Kharg support ship, the Iranian Navy's largest by tonnage, in a fire, injuring 33. Furthermore, it could also "be a small reflection of government prioritization" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy over Iran's Navy. "Budgets are training, maintenance, and personnel." Iran has two navies: its Navy, known as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and the naval arm of the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps paramilitary organization.

Persons: —, Bryan Clark, Clark, Steven Horrell, Horrell, Damavand, Shahid Hassan Bagheri, Morteza Nikoubazl, Hudson's Clark, Nadimi Organizations: Service, Iran's Navy, Business, Hudson Institute, Transatlantic Defense, Security, Center for, UK, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, Navy, Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC Navy, US Navy, Supreme, IRIN, Washington Institute for Near East Locations: Bandar Abbas, Iran, Iranian, Bandar, United Kingdom, Islamic Republic of, Hormuz

☆ Sahand: Iranian warship rolls over in port, could be out of action for six months
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

A photo from the semi-official Tasnim News Agency showed the warship, with a displacement of about 2,000 tons, resting on its left side in the Bandar Abbas port. Naval analyst Carl Schuster, a former US Navy captain, said it would take Iran four to six months to repair the ship once it can be refloated. Ships like the Sahand tend to have a lot of “top hamper,” weight from electronics and weapons above their center of gravity, Schuster said. The Sahand is the most recent ship to carry that name for the Iranian navy. The previous Sahand was sunk by the US Navy in 1988 during Operation Praying Mantis, which launched after a US frigate was crippled by an Iranian mine in the Persian Gulf.

Persons: “, Tasnim, Carl Schuster, ” Schuster, Schuster, ”, Capsizing, IRNA Organizations: CNN, Republic News Agency, Tasnim News Agency, US Navy, Ships Locations: Bandar Abbas, Bandar, Iran, Iranian, Persian

☆ An Iranian frigate was seen capsizing at port while next to merchant ships, in another black mark for the country's record of naval mishaps
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An Iranian frigate capsized while undergoing repairs at Bandar Abbas, a coastal city in the Strait of Hormuz. State media reported that it took on water and lost balance due to a "technical failure." AdvertisementSeveral people were admitted to hospital after an Iranian warship capsized at the port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday, Iran's state media reported. The Sahand, a domestically produced Moudge-class frigate, was undergoing repairs when it lost balance and partially sank, per the Mehr News Agency. The mishap was due to a "technical failure," Mehr reported.

Persons: —, Bandar, Mehr Organizations: Service, Mehr News Agency Locations: Iranian, Bandar Abbas, Strait, Hormuz, State, , Bandar Abbas

☆ Why the oil market shrugged as Iran and Israel appeared on the brink of war this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. crude oil and global benchmark Brent finished out the week about 3% lower, despite the fact that Iran and Israel traded direct strikes against each other's territory for the first time. Fears that oil prices could shoot to $100 a barrel or above did not materialize. The market has essentially erased the risk premium associated with the Iran-Israel tensions after traders bid up prices last week on war fears. "These skirmishes did not impress the oil markets, which believe that no disruption to oil flows will occur." Papic said a sustained war between Israel and Iran is difficult to imagine and may even be practically impossible.

Persons: Ali Mohammadi, Israel, Manish Raj, John Kilduff, Marko Papic, Papic, Brent, Kilduff, CNBC's Organizations: Persian Gulf, Bloomberg, Getty, Brent, Israel's, Israel, Traders, Velandara Energy Partners, Again, International Atomic Energy Agency, Clocktower Locations: Bandar Abbas, Iran, Israel, U.S, Damascus, Syria, Tehran

CNN —Iranian authorities have warned that crocodiles are being forced from their natural habitats as floods devastate parts of the country’s southeast. Three road construction workers have died in the flooding, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, which came after a record-breaking storm hit the Middle East. Videos broadcast by state news media IRNA and Tasnim showed widespread floods with people using boats to rescue others. The weather conditions were associated with a larger storm system traversing the Arabian Peninsula and moving across the Gulf of Oman. In Oman, at least 18 were killed in flash floods triggered by heavy rain, the country’s National Committee for Emergency Management said.

Persons: IRNA, Christopher Pike Organizations: CNN, Mehr, of Environment, Iranian, United Arab, UAE, Emergency Management Locations: Bandar Abbas, Kerman, Sistan, Baluchistan, Rivers, Bahu Kalat, Dubai, UAE, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iran, Gulf of Oman

☆ Oil prices jump 4% in wake of Hamas attack on Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOil prices jumped 4% as the Israel-Hamas conflict extended into its third day following a surprise attack on Israel by Palestinian militants Hamas. At dawn on Saturday during a major Jewish holiday, Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a multi-pronged infiltration into Israel — by land, sea and air using paragliders. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Oil prices jump following Hamas attack on IsraelWhile there is a surge in crude prices, analysts believe it will be a knee-jerk reaction, and likely temporary. Neither side is a major oil player. "If western countries officially link Iranian intelligence to the Hamas attack, then Iran's oil supply and exports face imminent downside risks," Dhar said.

Persons: Vivek Dhar, Mohammed Abed, Dhar, Donald Trump Organizations: Persian Gulf Star Co, Bloomberg, Getty, Hamas, Global, Brent, U.S . West Texas, NBC News, Palestinian Health Ministry, Israel, U.S . Energy Information Administration, Palestinian, Citi Locations: Bandar Abbas, Iran, Israel, U.S, Gaza, Commonwealth, Gaza City, Tehran

☆ Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week in Gulf, US Navy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - Iran has seized a second oil tanker in a week on Wednesday in Gulf waters, the U.S. Navy said, the latest escalation in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019. In Iran's first response, Tehran's prosecutor announced the oil tanker was seized on a judicial order following a complaint by a plaintiff, the judiciary's Mizan news agency said. The incident comes after Iran on Thursday seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman called the Advantage Sweet. The Niovi oil tanker seized on Wednesday had been travelling from Dubai toward the UAE's Fujairah port when it was forced by IRGCN boats to change course towards Iranian territorial waters, the Navy said. Since 2019, there have been a series of attacks on shipping in the strategic Gulf waters at times of tension between the United States and Iran.

☆ US Navy video shows a dozen Iranian fast-attack boats swarming an oil tanker in its latest maritime seizure
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A dozen Iranian attack boats seized an oil tanker crossing through Middle Eastern waters on Wednesday. The US Navy shared a video of the incident, which showed the boats swarm the vessel. The 1,100-foot-long Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi departed Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, and was on its way to the port city of Fujairah, when the incident unfolded at around 6:20 a.m. local time. On April 27, Iranian navy vessels intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet as it was crossing international waters in the Gulf of Oman, a body of water that separates Oman from Iran. Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi in the Strait of Hormuz.

☆ Dozens of merchant ships stuck off Iran as payment snags bite - sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Dozens of merchant ships with grains and sugar are stuck outside Iranian ports after weeks of delays as payments snags disrupt flows of goods into the country, according to trade sources and shipping data. The latest payment issues have led to ships being unable to discharge cargoes, with at least 40 bulk carrier ships stuck outside the major Iranian ports of Bandar Imam Khomeini and Bandar Abbas, ship tracking data on Refinitiv showed. In the previous five seasons, imports had averaged just 1.1 million tonnes, the data showed. One Western trade source familiar with the matter estimated that the cargoes stuck outside Iran's port are worth more than $1 billion with charterers of the cargoes also facing delay costs known as demurrage. Broker Paragon Global Markets (PGM) said it was not clear how many of the vessels might have sugar cargoes onboard.

☆ Alabama man charged in alleged scheme to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Justice Department has charged an Alabama man with violating U.S. sanctions, alleging he schemed to sell oil and gas industry equipment in Iran. Hunt is a naturalized citizen born in Iran, according to the indictment. He is also known as Abdolrahman Hantoosh, Rahman Hantoosh and Rahman Natoosh. Former President Bill Clinton signed an executive order in 1995 prohibiting certain transactions related to Iran's petroleum resources. Every president has extended the order since 1997, according to the indictment.

☆ Protests grip Iran as rights group says 19 children killed
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Parisa Hafezi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

"At least 185 people, including at least 19 children, have been killed in the nationwide protests across Iran. The highest number of killings occurred in Sistan and Baluchistan province with half the recorded number," the Norway-based Iran Human Rights said on Saturday. They have accused armed dissidents amongst others of violence that has reportedly left at least 20 members of the security forces dead. A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. A video shared by Twitter account Mamlekate, which has more than 150,000 followers, showed security forces chasing dozens of school girls in the city of Bandar Abbas.

☆ Iranul a confiscat o navă aflată în Golful Persic sub pavilion sud-coreean. Motivul inovcat de regimul de la Teheran
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Nava a fost confiscată de marina iraniană din cauză că polua cu substanţe chimice apele Golfului Persic, potrivit mai multor publicaţii iraniene. Membrii echipajului - alcătuit sud-coreeni, idonezieni, vietnamezi şi birmani - au fost arestaţi, potrivit agenţiei care nu le precizează numărul, iar nava a fost imobilizată în portul Bandar Abbas. Flota a V-a americană, cu baza în Bahrain, este la curent şi monitorizează situaţia, a declarat pentru Reuters o purtătoare de cuvânt a flotei, Rebecca Rebarich. Autorităţile iraniene nu au făcut comentarii cu privire la acest incident, care are loc înaintea unei vizite a adjunctului ministrului sud-coreean la Teheran. Iranul a confiscat în 2019 nava Stena Impero, care naviga sub pavilion britanic, la două săptămâni după ce o navă de război britnică că a interceptat un petrolir iranian în largul coastelor Gibraltarului.

Persons: Reuters, Rebecca Rebarich, Washington, Donald Trump Organizations: Flota, Reuters, Ministerul, Ambrey, Petroleum, Global Locations: coreean, Golful Persic, Teheran, Seul, coreene, Statele Unite Republicii, Persic, coreeni, Bandar Abbas, - coreean, Bahrain, Iranului, Statele Unite, Viena, coreen, Jubail, Arabia Saudită, Strâmtoarea Ormuz, Emiratele Arabe Unite, EAU, Stena

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