Russia has warned that any attempts to destabilize the Middle East will lead to energy price hikes, the president has said Oil production dependent on the Strait of Hormuz could come to a complete halt within a month, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
Hezbollah fires rocket attacks on Nahariya and Israeli forces near border Hezbollah said it launched rockets at targets in northern Israel and at Israeli troops close to the Lebanese border. The group said it fired a rocket barrage towards the Israeli town of Nahariya at around 14:55 local time, calling it a response to Israeli strikes on towns and cities in Lebanon. In another statement, Hezbollah said it also attacked Israeli soldiers near the border area around Markaba at about 15:30 local time.
Finance ministers for the seven industrialized countries met on Monday and said they would consider releasing oil from reserves but were not ready to do so now.
By elevating Mojtaba Khamenei—a figure most Iranians have never heard speak—the Islamic Republic has completed a long drift away from popular legitimacy.
Afternoon recap Good afternoon Middle East Eye readers, As Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, assumes power, the Middle East remains under bombardment from multiple sides as the conflict enters its tenth day.
Staying safe and corroborating facts are among the challenges for journalists working under intense pressure around the clock and the world.
Tehran [Iran], March 9 (ANI): Iran on Monday accused the United States of seeking to partition the Islamic Republic and seize control of its oil resources as part of its plans amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): India has no plan to release oil reserves in coordination with the International Energy Agency (IEA), government sources said on Monday. The sources said that India is unlikely to contribute from its strategic petroleum reserves in the G7 effort, 'as our strategy is 'India First''. International crude prices have surged amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
Colombo [Sri Lanka], March 9 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition of Sri Lanka Sajith Premadasa on Monday said that a peace-loving country like India should be made a permanent member in the United Nations. Premadasa, while talking to ANI, said that Sri Lanka has been a proponent of UN reforms, so that it reflects a pragmatic and realistic reflection of global power realities.
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Congress MP Hibi Eden on Monday criticised the government for failing to take 'creative steps' to ensure the safety of Indians stranded in West Asia, calling for a discussion on the matter in Parliament. While speaking to ANI, Eden said the government has failed to ensure the safety of Indians stranded in West Asia and the Middle East, expressing concern for those living there.
Erdogan warns Iran against 'provocative steps' after second missile intercepted Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again warned Tehran against taking "provocative steps" after Nato defence systems intercepted a second Turkey-bound ballistic missile launched from Iran. "Despite our sincere warnings, extremely wrong and provocative steps continue to be taken that will jeopardise Turkey's friendship. One should not engage in such behaviour," he said, adding: "Persistence and stubbornness in wrongdoing should be avoided".
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The PIB Fact Check busted a myth being propagated by the Pakistani propaganda accounts, which shared maliciously edited clips of Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, making false claims. The PIB Fact Check said that Dwivedi has made no such claim.
Las pruebas contradicen la afirmación del presidente Trump de que Irán fue responsable del ataque contra la escuela en el que murieron 175 personas, la mayoría niños.
Gold ix being sold to absorb the oil price shock but no amount of tinkering with margin requirements can address physical shortages. The moment we all wondered about has come. Oil has surged past $100 per barrel and markets are coming under serious strain.
On the tenth day of the war, with much of Iran’s markets either shut down or only partially operating, exchange-rate tracking websites s ...
Huge crude oil spike and Asia plummet: How the Iran war hit the markets Submitted by Rayhan Uddin on Mon, 03/09/2026 - 15:27 Oil prices jumped to the highest levels since 2022, as South Korean and Japanese indices slump following Iranian closure of Strait of Hormuz A crude oil tanker is guided to a berth at the oil terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on 7 March 2026 (CN-STR/AFP) Off The global commodity market was jolted as markets reopened on Monday, as the war on Iran continued to escalate over the weekend. Israel struck over 30 oil depots in Iran on Saturday, including in Tehran and Karaj. The strikes on depots went far beyond what the US expected when Israel notified it in advance, according to a report in Axios.
Washington thinks it has the right to kill, just as Western colonizers did, Abdul Majid Hakim Elahi has told RT India The US is seeking to control the whole world to prevent the emergence of a multipolar order, the India representative of Iran's supreme leader has told RT India's Runjhun Sharma.
Iran's Jews feeling fear and heartbreak as US-Israeli strikes rain down Submitted by MEE correspondent on Mon, 03/09/2026 - 14:27 'I cannot see the country where I was born and raised as my enemy,' one Jewish Iranian businesswoman tells MEE Iranian Jews hold a pro-Palestinian gathering in Tehran on 30 October 2023 (Atta Kenare/AFP) Off Yosef, an Iranian Jew who studied history at university, is talking to Middle East Eye about the distinction between Judaism and Zionism. Part of a small community that now numbers less than 10,000 in a country of 90 million, Yosef – like other Iranian Jews – is trying to stay safe from air and missile strikes that often originate in Israel , a country he is supposed to feel some affinity with. “It is Zionism that has damaged Israel’s reputation around the world,” he says.
The Commission chief has used the Middle East escalation to question the global order and push for a more militarized security doctrine European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has failed to condemn the US-Israeli war on Iran, saying "there should be no tears shed for" Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the initial strikes.
Israeli shelling kills priest in south Lebanon Israeli tank fire killed a priest in the border village of al-Qlayya, in south Lebanon’s Marjayoun district. Lebanese state media reported that Israeli artillery struck a house in the Christian town twice in succession. The first strike wounded the homeowner and his wife, according to the National News Agency (NNA).
