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Operation Epic Fury, the death of Khamenei, Mojtaba's election, and the Strait of Hormuz crisis: what the 2026 US-Israel-Iran war means for the world and
By Thoughtful India Staff||3 min read
US gas prices surged 20% to $3.55 a gallon ten days into the US-Israel operation against Iran, as Hormuz disruption pushed crude past $100.
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Brent hit $107.97 on March 8 as the Iran war choked the Strait of Hormuz. India imports 89% of its oil; every $10 rise costs roughly $17-18 billion a year.
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From the Elamites to the 1979 revolution: a personal journey through 4,000 years of Iranian history, sparked by a DNA haplogroup result.
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In May 2012 Kaspersky exposed Flame — a massive cyberespionage toolkit aimed at Iran, with 86 fake-identity domains and all the hallmarks of a state operation.
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The WikiLeaks cables revealed Arab leaders privately urging the U.S. to strike Iran's nuclear program — while saying otherwise in public.
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In November 2010 Iran's parliament revealed it had planned to impeach President Ahmadinejad — and was stopped only by the Supreme Leader.
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