This article is authored by Harija Kodangat, research scholar, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

The current oil price volatility is risk-driven rather than market balance driven. Therefore any price uptick will likely and ...

Multiple things can be true at once. The Iranian people are engaged in a legitimate popular struggle against an entrenched political elite that has failed to meet their material needs and has answered ...

Iran has raised oil output to near pre-sanctions levels by offering discounted crude and relying heavily on Chinese independent refiners. Despite higher exports, Iran’s economy remains under severe ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed threat against Iran has stoked fears of possible supply disruption in the oil-rich Middle East. Crude prices were trading higher Friday morning after Trump said a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about energy issues and our world. 2026 begins with the ruling Mullahs in Iran facing their most ...

China is the largest importer of Iranian oil, and it always has a tried-and-tested toolkit for evading sanctions enforcement. Amid the ongoing domestic tensions in Iran, the United States has imposed ...

By the 18th and 19th centuries, the Persian Empire had weakened due to internal strife and had become a pawn in the hands of ...