U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Will Push 30 Million Back into Poverty, UN Warns

The Iran war will push more than 30 million people back into poverty, with the knock-on effects of the conflict likely to increase food insecurity in the coming months, the United Nations has warned. 
  
Disruption to fuel and fertilizer supplies due to the ongoing blocking of cargo vessels through the Strait of Hormuz has already lowered agricultural productivity and will hit crop yields later this year, the UN’s development chief said on Thursday. 
 
He also warned of other fallouts of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, including energy shortages and falling remittances. 
  
Much of the world’s fertilizer is produced in the Middle East, and one-third of global supplies passes through the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran and the US are jostling for control. 
  
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization last week warned that a prolonged crisis in the strait could lead to a global food “catastrophe.” 
 
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