{"id":5373,"date":"2026-03-10T21:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/is-control-of-irans-natural-resources-a-factor-in-us-strategy\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T21:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:35:27","slug":"is-control-of-irans-natural-resources-a-factor-in-us-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/is-control-of-irans-natural-resources-a-factor-in-us-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Is control of Iran\u2019s natural resources a factor in US strategy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has vast oil as well as gas reserves and is a key supplier to China.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Iran has significant oil and gas reserves, and is a key supplier to China.<\/p>\n<p>A member of US President Donald Trump\u2019s inner circle has said control of those reserves is a key United States aim amid the country\u2019s war against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>So, how valuable are Iran\u2019s natural resources? And could they be a factor in US thinking?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> Imran Khan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foad Izadi \u2013 Professor in the faculty of world studies at the University of Tehran<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Reza Farzanegan \u2013 Professor of Middle East economics at Marburg University<\/p>\n<p>Paolo von Schirach \u2013 President of the Global Policy Institute, an independent think tank<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has vast oil as well as gas reserves and is a key supplier to China. Iran has significant oil and gas reserves, and is a key supplier to China. A member of US President Donald Trump\u2019s inner circle has said control of those reserves is a key United States aim amid the country\u2019s war &#8230; <a title=\"Is control of Iran\u2019s natural resources a factor in US strategy?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/is-control-of-irans-natural-resources-a-factor-in-us-strategy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Is control of Iran\u2019s natural resources a factor in US strategy?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}