New fears of oil supply disruption as US-Iran hostilities resume

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: There are fears of oil supply disruptions due to renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran © agencies 05:13 Issued on: 04/09/2026 - 11:56Modified: 04/09/2026 - 12:03 Renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran have brought back fears of oil supply disruption. Prices are on track for their steepest weekly gain since mid-July, up 7.6%, as the US-Iran war enters its seventh month. Twenty-five percent of the world's oil supply comes through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been blocked since the beginning of the war. FRANCE 24's international affairs editor Philip Turle gives more details. Keywords for this article