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News Topical, Digital Desk : The Israel-Iran war has now reached a dangerous turn. After the US bombing on Sunday, Iran had launched a major attack on Israel with the Khyber missile. Now Israel has retaliated by attacking the Khorramshahr-4 missile depot. The situation has become explosive after America jumped into the war. After America attacked Iran's 3 nuclear sites, Iran has also now retaliated. Iran has given its answer to the US attack to the whole world. Iran is now going to close its most important oil route, the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's parliament has approved this decision.
Iran's state media gave this information on Sunday. Major General Kovasari, a member of the National Security Council of the Iranian Parliament, said that Iran's top security authority, the Supreme National Security Council, needs to finalize this decision.
What is the Strait of Hormuz and why is it so important?
The Strait of Hormuz is an important narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. It connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. The US Energy Information Administration calls it the world's most important oil transit chokepoint, with about a fifth of global liquid petroleum fuel consumption and global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade passing through the strait. More than 3000 oil and gas ships pass through this route every month. The importance of the Strait of Hormuz can be gauged from the fact that about a fifth of the world's total oil supply passes through this route, that is, one liter of oil out of every five liters is supplied from here and Iran's Parliament has decided to close it.
If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, it will disrupt global trade, raise oil prices and cause instability in the global economy. 20 percent of global oil consumption passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
How will the Strait of Hormuz stalling affect India?
This is the route for 26% of the world's oil supply. If Hormuz is blocked, there will be a shortage of oil and it will affect the whole world including America. Hormuz is also very important for India because a large amount of oil reaches India every day through this waterway. India consumes 5.5 million barrels of oil every day, out of which 1.5 million barrels of oil come through this waterway. About a quarter of the world's oil trade passes through this waterway, which connects the Gulf countries to the Indian Ocean.
Iran's Khorramshahr-4 missile depot blown up
At the same time, let us tell you that after the US bombing on Sunday, Iran had attacked Israel with the Khyber missile, now Israel has retaliated by attacking the Khorramshahr-4 missile depot. After the Israeli attack, a cloud of smoke was seen in the Yazd area. IDF has released the video of the attack and claimed that for the first time, from 2200 kilometers away, the Israeli Air Force has blown up the depot of surface-to-surface "Khorramshahr" missiles in Iran's Yazd area. The city of Yazd in Iran was shaken by the Israeli attack in broad daylight on the 'Imam Hussain' missile headquarters located in the heart of Iran.
Statement by US President Donald Trump
After the attack on three nuclear sites of Iran, once again the statement of US President Donald Trump has come to the fore. Trump said that this attack by America has caused a huge damage to Iran's nuclear site. America carried out a strong and most accurate attack. Along with this, Trump praised the US army and said that the army has performed very well.
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