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US attacks Iran and Tehran retaliates across the Middle East, threatening a return to all-out war

July 14, 2026·The Washington PostEconomy

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GCC CONTEXT

Escalations in US-Iran tensions historically create pronounced volatility across GCC equity and fixed-income markets, as regional geopolitical risk premiums widen and oil price uncertainty intensifies—a pattern observed during previous confrontations in 2020 and 2022. Gulf economies, heavily dependent on hydrocarbon revenues and positioned as de facto anchors of regional stability, typically experience sharp currency and credit spread movements during periods of elevated military conflict, while sectors exposed to regional supply chain disruption (petrochemicals, shipping, manufacturing) face near-term repricing. The structural interconnection between Iranian sanctions regimes, OPEC production dynamics, and GCC fiscal positions means that sustained escalation scenarios alter the macroecono

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