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Financial Express Mumbai
|March 04, 2026
Energy choke points sealed, stocks slide and inflation threat returns worldwide
EXPLOSIONS ROCKED TEHRAN, Beirut and Tel Aviv on Tuesday as the US-Israel military campaign against Iran entered its fourth day, sending global energy and financial markets into turmoil.
Iranian drones hit the United States Embassy and earlier struck the mission in United States Embassy, prompting Washington to shut both embassies and evacuate nonessential staff from several West Asian countries.
This story is from the March 04, 2026 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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