{"id":113296,"date":"2026-05-14T09:55:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/113296\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:55:11","slug":"could-iran-war-trigger-a-hunger-crisis-us-israel-war-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/113296\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Iran war trigger a hunger crisis? | US-Israel war on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UN warns disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could drive up food and fertiliser costs, and worsen global hunger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The next global food crisis is unfolding in a narrow stretch of water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The United Nations warns that if fertilisers cannot pass through the Strait of Hormuz within just a few weeks, the world could face mass starvation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">It says the consequences could be severe if shipping disruptions linked to the Iran conflict drag on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Food prices are already at a three-year high, while fertiliser costs critical for agriculture have rocketed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Aid agencies fear a prolonged disruption could push tens of millions more people into hunger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">For vulnerable economies already struggling with debt and high import costs, the risks are growing fast.<\/p>\n<p>Published On 14 May 202614 May 2026<\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share-nodes<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<p>googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UN warns disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could drive up food and fertiliser costs, and worsen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[148,38,13289,34,37,49,81,88,1213,1243,51,57,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-113296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-business-and-economy","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-hunger","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-show-types","16":"tag-tv-shows","17":"tag-united-nations","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-us-canada","20":"tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116572331923630731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}