{"id":433813,"date":"2026-07-16T02:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/us-military-strikes-iran-again-433813\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T02:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T19:24:42","slug":"us-military-strikes-iran-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/us-military-strikes-iran-again-433813\/","title":{"rendered":"US military strikes Iran (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li>US US military strikes Iran (again)<\/li>\n<li>At 3 PM, US forces launched operations for a second wave of strikes today against Iran.<\/li>\n<li>US military strikes are targeting Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels freely transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s\u00a0Mehr new\u00a0agency says explosions are heard in Ahvaz,\u00a0origin of explosions are unknown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are also reports of three explosions heard in Iran&#8217;s Chabahar region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">Ahvaz is located in southwestern Iran, near the border with Iraq, in Khuzestan Province. It is the capital of Khuzestan and sits along the Karun River, Iran&#8217;s longest navigable river.<\/p>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\">Why it matters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oil hub: Ahvaz sits in the heart of one of the world&#8217;s largest oil-producing regions. Many of Iran&#8217;s largest oil fields, including the Ahvaz Oil Field, are nearby.\n<\/li>\n<li>Strategic location: It is about 75\u2013100 km (45\u201360 miles) east of the Iraqi border and roughly 150 km (95 miles) north of the Persian Gulf.\n<\/li>\n<li>Energy infrastructure: The city is home to major oil production, pipelines, refineries, and petrochemical facilities, making it a critical part of Iran&#8217;s energy sector.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For market participants, Ahvaz is important because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nIt is at the center of Iran&#8217;s onshore crude oil production.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nAny military activity or disruptions near Ahvaz can raise concerns about Iranian oil output.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWhile exports primarily leave through terminals on the Persian Gulf (such as Kharg Island), production around Ahvaz feeds into that export system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0Chabahar is strategically important because it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nSits on the Gulf of Oman, with direct access to the Arabian Sea.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nIs located outside the Strait of Hormuz, unlike Iran\u2019s Persian Gulf ports.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nContains major commercial port facilities and nearby naval and military infrastructure.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nServes as an important trade route linking Iran with India, Afghanistan and Central Asia.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The location is roughly 1,100 kilometers southeast of Ahvaz. An incident there would therefore suggest geographically widespread activity\u2014from Iran\u2019s oil-producing southwest around Ahvaz to its strategically important southeastern coastline.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US US military strikes Iran (again) At 3 PM, US forces launched operations for a second wave of strikes today against Iran. US military strikes are targeting Iranian military capabilities used to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}