US Prez Donald Trump says Iran should surrender, threatens to bomb Oman - business-standard.com

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GCC CONTEXT

Escalating US-Iran rhetoric and regional security tensions historically correlate with elevated risk premiums across GCC equities, particularly in financial and energy sectors, as geopolitical uncertainty affects capital flows and oil price volatility. Threats toward regional states like Oman—a key diplomatic intermediary and shipping hub in the Strait of Hormuz—underscore supply-chain and maritime trade risks that have periodically triggered defensive positioning in Gulf markets during periods of elevated geopolitical stress. GCC central banks and sovereign wealth funds have historically responded to such tensions through liquidity management and currency interventions to stabilize local markets.

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