Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:26am on 24 Sep 2026,Thursday International
Iran may expand the conflict to the Indian Ocean if the US launches another attack, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned. Yahya Rahim Safavi said the war could spread from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and beyond. The warning comes amid tensions over key shipping routes. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb has already fallen. Any wider conflict could affect India, which depends heavily on imported crude oil. Higher shipping and energy costs could also hurt trade. India imports more than 88% of its crude oil.
