Brent Crude Tops US$106 as Iran Warns War Could Spread to Indian Ocean
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The main warning came from Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, key advisor to Iran's supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei
Any resumption of war by the US could encourage Iran and its allies to scale up attacks on global energy supplies, including in the Red Sea and the Bab El Mandeb Strait, and possibly to move them to the Indian Ocean, the senior military adviser to Iran's supreme leader, Major General Yahya Safawi, said. "If the Americans launch a new war, they may face a new front centred on the Red Sea and the Bab El Mandeb Strait," Safavi warned, his statement…
Brent Crude Tops US$106 as Iran Warns War Could Spread to Indian Ocean
Pan-African · MARKETS Key Facts —The context The U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran in February 2026, disrupting oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. —What happened Front-month November Brent futures settled at US$106.60 on Thursday, Sept. 24, up 3.4% on the day. —The warning Yahya Rahim Safavi, an adviser to Iran’s supreme […]
Iran ' s threat to expand the confrontation into the Indian Ocean raises questions about Tehran ' s ability to influence navigation and its implications for trade security and oil markets.
Iran's military is already allegedly preparing to expand the conflict with the United States if Washington resumes strikes on the Islamic state. Among the possible areas of fighting in Tehran, for the first time, the Indian Ocean was explicitly named.
Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, a military advisor to Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said that if war with the US and Israel resumes, it could spread beyond the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and beyond.
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