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Planes operated by German airline Lufthansa sit on the tarmac at Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany, on Apr. 10, 2026. (AFP)
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh. (Photo: Tasnim News Agency)
Gasoline prices are seen at a gas station in Macau on March 27, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
A sign displaying the daily price panel for SP98, SP95 and diesel at a gas station in Paris on Apr. 2, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
A general view of a session of Iraq’s Ministerial Council for the Economy in Baghdad. (Photo: GOI)
A man walks along the shore as oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz. (AP)
In this July 21, 2019 file photo, an aerial view shows a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard moving around the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero. (AP)
A sign displaying the daily price panel for SP98, SP95 and diesel at a gas station in Paris on Apr. 2, 2026. (Photo: AFP)
Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. (Photo: AP)
This is a locator map for the Persian Gulf and its surrounding countries. (Photo: AP)
Strait of Hormuz. (Photo: Designed by Kurdistan24)
This photograph shows a sign displaying the daily price panel for SP98, SP95 and diesel at a gas station in Paris on Apr. 2, 2026. (AFP)
Aziz Ahmad, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, speaking to Kurdistan24, April 2, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
This handout natural-colour image of the Hormuz Strait, acquired with MODIS on NASA’s Terra satellite taken on Feb. 5, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
US President Donald Trump. (Graphic: Kurdistan24)
Fuel prices are listed at a gas station in Frankfurt, Germany, March 30, 2026. (Photo: AP)
