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- US President Donald Trump claims Iran is in a “state of collapse” and has asked Washington to lift its blockade on Iranian ports “as soon as possible”.
- Gulf leaders have met in Saudi Arabia and say Iran must take “the initiative to make serious efforts to rebuild confidence” after “treacherous” attacks on the region.
- Israel has killed three emergency workers in southern Lebanon, in an attack Lebanese President Joseph Aoun described as a “war crime”.
- The UAE has announced it is leaving OPEC on Friday, ending nearly 60 years of membership in the oil-producing cartel.
- Visit our live tracker for the latest casualty figures from across the region
Satorp refinery in Saudi Arabia restarted in mid-April: TotalEnergies
French oil giant TotalEnergies has announced that it restarted its Satorp refinery in Saudi Arabia on April 14 after it had been shut down following damage sustained during Iran’s attacks.
“Following the events of April 8, which affected three units at the Satorp site and led to its shutdown as a safety precaution, the undamaged units were able to be restarted, and the refinery has been operating at a capacity of 230,000 b/d [barrels per day] since April 14,” the company said.
Lebanese civil defence teams clear rubble after Israeli air attack in Tyre
Lebanese civil defence teams are continuing to clear rubble and debris from side roads in Tyre after an Israeli attack last night, the country’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The air attack killed Madeleine Mughniyeh, her mother Ruqayya Zeidan and daughter Mila Abbas Zayyat.
Israeli army says drone launched from Lebanon intercepted
The Israeli army says it has intercepted a drone in the area of Avivim that was launched from Lebanon before it crossed into Israeli territory.
In a post on Telegram, the army also said an interceptor was launched towards a “suspicious aerial target” in the same area where soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon, but the results of that interception were under review.
In a later update, the army said it launched another interceptor towards a “suspicious aerial target” in the area of Metula, where soldiers are also operating in southern Lebanon.
Is India’s Chabahar dream in Iran dead?
The port has been a centrepiece of India’s regional strategic ambitions. Now, those hopes are sinking after a US sanctions waiver expired.
New Delhi, India — Relations between the United States and India are at a crossroads yet again: this time, over New Delhi’s decade-long investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port.
India’s most ambitious connectivity project in its extended neighbourhood now potentially faces a dead end after a US waiver on sanctions imposed on the project expired on Sunday, with no signs of its revival from Washington. The port has been the centrepiece of India’s hopes of building a trade and transit corridor with landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asia.
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The US has been pressuring Iran’s economy towards collapse through an aggressive sanctions regime aimed at choking off its revenue streams, under its “maximum pressure” campaign.
The latest is the naval blockade against Iran’s ports, while Tehran claims control over the Strait of Hormuz. India is heavily dependent on the narrow sea route for energy supply, and has been negotiating with Iran to secure passage.
So is India’s Chabahar dream dead now?
What’s in Chabahar port for India?
In southeastern Iran, perched on the Gulf of Oman, the Chabahar port comprises two terminals: Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti. India has been involved in the Shahid Beheshti and has invested at least $120m in equipping it.
The port has been hailed as a cornerstone of India’s economic and strategic ambitions over the last two decades, because of its geography.