Iran's response to the US strikes could cause a global economic shock that would make the consequences of the war in Ukraine seem like “a trifle.”
The world could face huge economic turmoil depending on how Iran decides to respond to the US strikes.
This opinion was expressed by former high-ranking British military intelligence officer Philip Ingram in a commentary to Sky News.
He suggested that Iran's leadership would likely feel obliged to respond – and that could cause “really, really big concern.”
“Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz. And 20 to 30 percent of the world's oil and gas passes through it. The economic shock that would entail around the world would make what happened when Russia invaded Ukraine just over three years ago look like a piece of cake,” the expert warned.
The military official suggested that Iran's response to the US strikes ranged from terrorist activity to attacks on US bases in the Middle East.
Let us recall that Donald Trump announced that on the night of June 22, the United States military attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran – in Fordow, Natan and Isfahan.
It was also reported that the Donald Trump administration expects Iran to retaliate for the strikes on its nuclear facilities within 48 hours.
