Yesterday, here’s what EU Foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: “Nobody ​is ready to ​put their people in harm’s way ‌in ⁠the Strait of Hormuz. We have to find diplomatic ways to keep ​this ​open ⁠so that we don’t have a food ​crisis, fertilizers crisis, ​energy ⁠crisis as well.” And on Wednesday, oil dumped on new EU contacts with top Iranian officials: And then stabilized on this, via WH Reuters correspondent: “Trump admin expected to announce soon that it will temporarily lift federal smog-cutting restrictions on summer-blend gasoline to curb rising energy prices stemming from the Iran conflict.” Iran Begins Retaliation Strikes Over South Pars Attack Following the US-Israeli attack on Iran’s South Pars gas facility earlier today, and Tehran’s angry comments about imminent retaliation for the attack on its upstream energy assets, Iranian ballistic missiles have been launched at surrounding Gulf states, with reports on X that one struck a target in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Headlines: Video footage appears to show a large explosion from an Iranian ballistic missile impact and several fires burning tonight across the Saudi capital of Riyadh, likely part of Iran’s retaliation for Wednesday’s strikes on gas infrastructure by Israel. pic.twitter.com/2dIXUQglfZ — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 18, […]