{"id":5417,"date":"2026-03-12T21:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/how-oil-is-at-the-center-of-the-us-israel-war-with-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:37:47","slug":"how-oil-is-at-the-center-of-the-us-israel-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/how-oil-is-at-the-center-of-the-us-israel-war-with-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"How oil is at the center of the US-Israel war with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As oil prices rise, the US, Israel and Iran seem ready to keep fighting no matter the costs.<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The price of oil has soared over $100 a barrel globally as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Iran has effectively shut down shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel has attacked critical Iranian oil depots. Despite public pressure and outrage, all parties seem prepared to continue the war. What will it mean for the global economy and the people caught in the crossfire?<\/p>\n<p>Listen to more about the Strait of Hormuz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/podcasts\/2019\/5\/24\/iran-the-us-and-the-standoff-in-the-strait\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In this episode:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zein Basravi (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/virtualzein\/\">@virtualzein<\/a>), Al Jazeera Senior Correspondent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Episode credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, with Sar\u00ed el-Khalili, Catherine Nouhan, Tuleen Barakat, Spencer Cline and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our sound designer is Alex Roldan.\u00a0 Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take\u2019s executive producer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Special thanks to Sheila H.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with us:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>@AJEPodcasts on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEPodcasts\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ajepodcasts\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AJEPodcasts\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLzGHKb8i9vTwjZkiFu6LhzsLUKFkYO60I\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As oil prices rise, the US, Israel and Iran seem ready to keep fighting no matter the costs. The price of oil has soared over $100 a barrel globally as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Iran has effectively shut down shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel has attacked critical &#8230; <a title=\"How oil is at the center of the US-Israel war with Iran\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/12\/how-oil-is-at-the-center-of-the-us-israel-war-with-iran\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about How oil is at the center of the US-Israel war with Iran\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5417","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\/5417","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=5417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}