The ship’s U-turn is a metaphor for the dramatic reversal in the fortunes of Russia’s energy industry since the start of the Iran war. The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped around ...

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Last Saturday morning I was watching Iran International in the flat with my mum, my sisters and their kids when, without warning, we heard a fighter jet soaring overhead. Then the bombs began to fall.

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