SCMP Economy27/06/2026Business1 min de lectureChina
Iran's Economic Ruin: A New Threat to Shipping?
L'essentiel
- Iran faces an estimated US$270 billion in damages, nearly equivalent to its losses in the 1980s Iran-Iraq war.
- With negotiators meeting and a ceasefire holding, the question is whether economic ruin can achieve what sanctions and military pressure could not, potentially impacting shipping.
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The bill of damages has reached an estimated US$270 billion against a gross domestic product of US$371 billion in 2025.
By that measure, economists say the destruction is almost equivalent in scale to everything Iran lost during its nearly eight-year war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in the 1980s – the last time the Islamic Republic posed a sustained threat to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Now, with negotiators convening in Switzerland and a fragile ceasefire holding, the question is whether economic ruin can do what decades of sanctions and military pressure could not.
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This article was originally published by SCMP Economy.
