Good morning to readers. #Oil prices have surpassed $103 per barrel (+43% compared to pre-war).
At the #Armenia- #Iran border cars move both ways — families fleeing bombs, others returning home. For Hedia's family the crossing became a place in between, neither home nor exile. https://www.iranwar.news/p/caught-in-limbo-on-the-border-of
In Donald Trump's math, a 43% increase in the price of crude oil since the start of his forever war in Iran becomes a 430% rise in his popularity. He's a genius.
“I am not fleeing the country,” she said. “Just a short vacation in #Armenia.”
When the bombing in #Iran began, officials in southern Armenia expected a surge of Iranians to cross into the country, as they had during earlier flare-ups, such as the Twelve-Day War with Israel in 2025.
This time, though, the surge hasn’t come.
Instead, the northern border of #Iran is a place of hesitation rather than escape, a sign that the war has shaken daily life but not yet pushed people to abandon it.
The number of #Iranians who choose to leave or stay could determine whether the conflict turns into a wider refugee crisis across the region.
