UN Chief: Both Sides Likely Commit War Crimes
It is a “reasonable assumption” that both sides in the Iran war are committing war crimes. UN Secretary-General António Guterres told Politico.
– If there are attacks either on Iran or from Iran on energy infrastructure, I think there are reasonable grounds to believe that they could constitute a war crime.
Israel attacked a fossil gas field in Iran on Wednesday and Iran responded with attacks on one of Qatar’s major energy facilities. In addition to these attacks, Guterres also points to the growing number of civilian deaths as possible war crimes.
He also says that it is his view that Israel has dragged the United States into the war, but that it is the United States’ Donald Trump who can end it.
– Trump can convince those who need to be convinced that the work is done, he says.
The war could mean you have to take the bus to work
The Iran war could mean that the speed limit on the E4 is lowered from 110 to 100 kilometers per hour, that you may have to work more from home and that you are encouraged to take the bus more. At least if the International Energy Agency (IEA) recommendations are adopted, writes the Financial Times.
The US and Israeli attacks on Iran have led to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, where about one in five barrels of oil sold on the global market passes. This has caused oil prices to skyrocket.
The IEA calls the stoppage at Hormuz the biggest disruption in the history of the oil market and has published ten recommendations that private individuals can follow to ease pressure on the oil market.
Sources: Trump Considering Occupying Oil Island Kharg
US President Donald Trump is considering occupying or blocking the Iranian oil island of Kharg, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Axios.
The aim is to pressure the country to open the Strait of Hormuz.
– He wants the Strait of Hormuz to be kept open. If he has to take Kharg Island to achieve that, he will, a senior Trump administration official told Axios.
90 percent of Iran's oil is exported from Kharg, and since the war began, the United States has carried out several attacks on the island. However, these have not reportedly destroyed the oil infrastructure.
The energy attacks — that's the point
- Israel attacked the Iranian South Pars gas field on March 18, 2026, which led to Iranian counterattacks on energy facilities in Qatar.
- The counterattack caused extensive damage to Ras Laffan, the world's largest export facility for liquefied fossil gas, which is feared to affect gas supply for months or years.
- Oil prices rose sharply after the attacks and gas prices in Europe increased by 30 percent, while stock markets globally fell.
- US President Donald Trump threatened massive attacks on Iran's gas fields if Iran attacks Qatar again, after initially distancing himself from Israel's attack.
- The attacks on energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf are described
by experts as a turning point that brought the war into a new phase with
the risk of a global energy crisis.
