{"id":3938,"date":"2026-05-04T19:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3938"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:42:00","slug":"the-middle-east-on-a-tightrope-interceptions-of-iranian-missiles-and-attacks-on-oil-installations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3938","title":{"rendered":"The Middle East on a tightrope: interceptions of Iranian missiles and attacks on oil installations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">The launch of <b>missiles<\/b> and <b>attacks <\/b>with <b>drones<\/b> in the <b>Gulf of Persia<\/b> pose an immediate threat to international <b>energy security<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\"><b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Serious escalation<\/b> of tensions is taking place in relations between <b>Washington and Tehran<\/b>, as the informal peace deal appears to be blowing up on the podium after the latest war incidents. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">The <b data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"181\">United Arab Emirates<\/b> moved to <b>intercept hostile fire<\/b>, confirming that the region is entering a new phase of dangerous instability that threatens global balances.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">Emirates&#8217; <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"3\">Ministry of Defense<\/b> announced that its defense mechanisms <b>had<\/b> neutralized three missiles<\/b> originating from <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"129\">Iran<\/b>, while another one landed in a sea area without causing casualties. <\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The <b>strong explosions<\/b> that upset residents were due to the effective operation of air defense, with authorities issuing immediate instructions to protect the population.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">At the same time, the situation was aggravated by the following developments:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"5\">\n<li>A major<b> fire broke out in<\/b> <b data-path-to-node=\"5,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"30\">an industrial facility oil<\/b> in Fujaira.<\/li>\n<li>Use of <b data-path-to-node=\"5,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"6\">unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)<\/b> to <b>hit critical infrastructure<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The targeting of <b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"14\">energy facilities<\/b> is causing international alarm as <b>Fujairah is a hub for crude oil movement<\/b>. The international community is watching with bated breath, fearing that the collapse of the ceasefire will lead to an uncontrolled rise in energy prices and destabilize <b data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"323\">global trade<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missile launches and drone attacks in the Persian Gulf pose an immediate risk to international energy security.Serious escalation of tensions in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}