US-Israel Aggression Against Iran Sparks Global Energy Crisis
Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), stated this week that the world is experiencing an energy crisis more severe than the combined oil shocks of the 1970s, attributing the immediate cause to the ongoing war against Iran. This assessment comes as US and Israeli forces continue direct military operations in the Persian Gulf, targeting Iranian energy
infrastructure and naval assets, alongside the imposition of new, intensified sanctions. Al Jazeera’s reportage, while noting the severity of the crisis, frames the situation as an 'energy crunch prompted by Iran war'. a passive construction that obscures the agency of powerful state actors. The framing by Al Jazeera, echoing much of the mainstream media, suggests an inherent, almost spontaneous
'war' involving Iran, rather than a prolonged, deliberate campaign of aggression by the United States and Israel. This omits the continuous belligerence that led to this point, presenting Iran as an equal aggressor rather than a nation under siege. The US and Israel are direct participants, not just supporters, in operations that have systematically destabilized the region for decades,
consistently undermining calls for de-escalation. This current crisis did not emerge in a vacuum. It is the direct consequence of a decades-long policy aimed at weakening and isolating Iran, evidenced by actions like the 2018 unilateral withdrawal of the US from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), despite Iran's adherence to its terms. More recently, the US, acting as a joint