March 20, 2026
Why the U.S. wants to protect Iran’s oil and gas
“It’s common, when warfare is happening, to have different stages of escalation, with certain things that start out as off-limits,” said Rosemary Kelanic, an analyst at Defense Priorities and expert on the geopolitics of oil. Until now, Kelanic says, “it was a good balance. We didn’t hit these Iranian energy sites, and then they didn’t hit the many more energy sites in the Gulf states.”
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