Live Conflict Israel-US vs Iran War (2026)

[Passenger]

The Iran war is driving demand for Chinese technology, whose exports of items such as solar panels, batteries and electric cars hit a record of almost $22.3 billion in December. That was up about 47% from the year before, with much going to Southeast Asia and Europe, according to the think tank Ember.

Investment in renewable power and battery storage — designed to save energy when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing — is expected to increase in nations heavily dependent on energy imports, including European countries, according to the credit rating firm Fitch Ratings.

Investors are betting the war will boost demand for renewables. In March, CATL and BYD’s Hong Kong traded shares rose roughly 24% and 11%, respectively.

Households facing higher energy costs are likely to move to clean power, said James Bowen of the Australia-based consultancy ReMap Research.

Pakistan offers an early example. Its renewable rollout in 2017 led to more than 50 gigawatts of Chinese solar panels imported by December 2025.

Pakistan still imports a third of its energy. About 80% of its oil flowed through the Strait of Hormuz, and Qatar had been supplying a quarter of its LNG. But “the shock isn’t as big as it would have been without solar,” said Nabiya Imran of Renewables First.

If prices remain high, solar could save Pakistan $6.3 billion in fossil fuel imports over the next year, according to think tanks Renewables First and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

In the United Kingdom, EV leasing demand jumped by more than a third in the first three weeks of March compared to a similar period in February before the war, according to Octopus Energy, a renewable group. Octopus also reported increases in rooftop solar sales and solar-related inquiries.

In Southeast Asia, Vietnamese EV maker VinFast is offering discounts to offset fuel price shocks.

Even Indonesia, the world’s largest coal exporter, is recalibrating in ways that could make it a bigger customer for China’s clean energy technology.

In March, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced a push into EVs, including plans to produce electric cars and expand charging infrastructure.

The dream of electrified transportation is gaining renewed attention, said Putra Adhiguna of the Jakarta-based think tank Energy Shift Institute.

Chinese firms play a major role in Indonesia’s clean energy supply chain. They signed more than $54 billion dollars’ worth of deals with the state utility in 2023 and added a $10 billion pledge during Prabowo’s visit to Beijing in 2024.

“There will be direct financial benefits to Chinese companies,” said Reynolds of IEEFA.

Many people has not awared that China is also an energy exporting country in the fields of photovoltaics(PV), wind energy, and energy storage.

Because of the international situation, China's clean energy enterprises have become strategic assets, achieving output after receiving more than 30 years of investment, although most people did not have a positive outlook on this field in the past (including myself).

The fact is that our planners are excellent enough, and I feel ashamed to have opposed the strategy of promoting renewable energy in the past.

Iran war's global energy crisis sharpens China’s advantage in clean tech

The war in Iran is sharpening China’s advantage in promoting a renewable energy future, as oil disruptions expose the fragility of fossil fuel systems.

apnews.com

 

[4MikeEcho]

At least the missiles are not flying but a blockade on top of a blockade has started.

Technically, this is not a blockade from the US, but an approximation of one by having the right to intercept / board any ship that has broken the blockade 100s of miles away from the blockade location. If the missiles start flying (again) next week, then there will not be a Naval ship within a 100 miles. This blockade becomes ship hijacking then.

My question is: would Iran have gamed this into the scenario?

Also what is everybody's assessment of Islamabad talks: looks like the final sticking point was the nuclear program. Does that mean Iran got all the others (including raparations, keeping its arsenal, and lifting sanctions)?

If this is true, then it seems they are not satisfied with the JPOA type outcome

 

[Slayer]

Piracy is what Iran is doing. Blockade is 100% legal method of warfare.


How its admission to loss?


Iran depends on Hormuz much more than anyone else. Ironically the biggest losers are Iran and Qatar aka MB aka Hamas

You are contradicting yourself.
"All Arab countries are interested in weakening Iran, they just afraid to say that openly."

Then you say Qatar is the biggest loser indicating that they support Iran because they support Hamas?

So, are Qataris not Arabs? or don't they count because they support Iran?

However, you conveniently omit that almost every single Israeli president has pushed the US for a war with Iran (Reagan, Bush, Obama, Biden). And all of them said no. You only succeeded now because D. Trump is your puppet.

So I don't buy the premise that Iran's neighbors want this war more than Israel.

 

[500]

You are contradicting yourself.
"All Arab countries are interested in weakening Iran, they just afraid to say that openly."

Then you say Qatar is the biggest loser indicating that they support Iran because they support Hamas?

So, are Qataris not Arabs? or don't they count because they support Iran?

Qataris supporting Hamas does not mean they support Iran.

Although Qatar and Oman maintained good relationships with ayatulas, they definitely want to see it weakened.

However, you conveniently omit that almost every single Israeli president has pushed the US for a war with Iran (Reagan, Bush, Obama, Biden). And all of them said no. You only succeeded now because D. Trump is your puppet.

So I don't buy the premise that Iran's neighbors want this war more than Israel.

In Iraq Iran war all Gulf countries (except Oman) supported Iraq with tens of billions of dollars.

In Syria civil war again all Gulf countries (except Oman) supported anti Iran rebels.

All Gulf countries are interested in weakening ayatula regime without any doubt.

 

[500]

Calling them Houthis is like calling US MAGA. They are the controlling force.

I follow you on #2, in the world of INternational Law.

MAGA is elected president of the US.

Houthis are illegal gang that controls only a part of Yemen. There is no any comparison here.

 

[500]

Yes, international treaties, international law, the International Court...
Unfortunately, some countries completely ignore them. Iran is no exception.
By the way, does the International Criminal Court in The Hague have any relation to international law?🫢

ICC is not the law but interpretation of the law.

Unfortunately when they issued arrest against Netanyahu for "staving Gaza" (despite the fact that Israel supplied over 2 MILLION TONS in 2 years + water + electricity) and did not issue it against Assad who did not supply a grain into besieged Ghouta in 5 years. They became a joke.

 

[Spitfire9]

Elections in the US are not won by hardcore supporters of the two political parties. They are won by uncommitted, non-party member voters who elect to vote for the Democrat or Republican candidate in the election concerned. The 'floating voters' decide who becomes president.

 

[4MikeEcho]

ICC is not the law but interpretation of the law.

Unfortunately when they issued arrest against Netanyahu for "staving Gaza" (despite the fact that Israel supplied over 2 MILLION TONS in 2 years + water + electricity) and did not issue it against Assad who did not supply a grain into besieged Ghouta in 5 years. They became a joke.

That is 1/3rd of whats needed to sustain a population of that size. So no bombing indiscrimnately and making orphans and putting a bit of food on the table does not make somebody noble.

 

[Spitfire9]

There is much evidence of Israel provoking starvation in the enclosed population of Gaza. Some settlers actively blocked provision supply, too. Denial by Israel supporters is confounded by the evidence.

Israeli settlers block aid trucks headed to starving Gazans

Israeli settlers blocked aid trucks on roads near Dimona and the Dead Sea, preventing them from reaching Gaza's civilians.The trucks were carrying emergency ...

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Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says

The United Nations said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected more than 100 requests to bring relief materials into Gaza since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago.

news.un.org

 

[MadEvix]

I just love this guy tbh
Hakan Fidan knows how the game is played really well
He knows how Israel operates at the very least. He knows that Israel's lust for power, territory and blood wont stop at Iran but will sooner or later spread to Lebanon and Syria followed by Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey
It does him justice that he was the previous head of MIT

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2043620245739315521

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2043625042685091908

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2043613263187832994

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2043609136936440018

A 100 years old roughly.

 

[4MikeEcho]

MAGA is elected president of the US.

Houthis are illegal gang that controls only a part of Yemen. There is no any comparison here.

Yes thats your opinion of the Houthis. Neither you nor I live there . They may not have chosen in the civilized manner we may have but then after Jan 6th riot, that line becomes very then.

Yemenis can very well say that US is a dictatorship (regardless of the three branches of Govt were elected) and no checks and balances exist and one guy is pretty much calling the shots.


My point is every opinion can be perceived very differently from the other side to justify their higher moral standing. The Yemeni population clearly supports at least to some level the Houthis, much like the US minority population supports this war.

 

[Slayer]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2043673457326718991

Clearly illustrates who runs the show. Israel does. Always have.

 

[500]

There is much evidence of Israel provoking starvation in the enclosed population of Gaza. Some settlers actively blocked provision supply, too. Denial by Israel supporters is confounded by the evidence.

Israeli settlers block aid trucks headed to starving Gazans

Israeli settlers blocked aid trucks on roads near Dimona and the Dead Sea, preventing them from reaching Gaza's civilians.The trucks were carrying emergency ...

www.youtube.com

Israel has rejected over 100 aid requests since Gaza ceasefire, UN says

The United Nations said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected more than 100 requests to bring relief materials into Gaza since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago.

news.un.org

Famine is declared when at least two people (or four children) per 10,000 die each day from outright starvation or the interaction of malnutrition. That means in 1 year of REAL famine in Gaza would die at least 155,000 people (and since over half Gaza population are children that number would grow to over 233,000 in 1 year of REAL famine). In reality even Hamas ministry recorded only 440 deaths in 2 years (all had sever pre existing medical conditions). That's much much less that 1% required to declare a famine.

 

[500]

Yes thats your opinion of the Houthis. Neither you nor I live there . They may not have chosen in the civilized manner we may have but then after Jan 6th riot, that line becomes very then.

Yemenis can very well say that US is a dictatorship (regardless of the three branches of Govt were elected) and no checks and balances exist and one guy is pretty much calling the shots.


My point is every opinion can be perceived very differently from the other side to justify their higher moral standing. The Yemeni population clearly supports at least to some level the Houthis, much like the US minority population supports this war.

That's not my opinion but undisputed fact. Houthis are just an illegal armed gang which first seized power in North of Yemen by force and then tried to take over South Yemen too (they were pushed back). They are no different from ISIS in that matter.

 

[500]

Areas in Lebanon seized by IDF so far. Red are Sunni, Christian and Druze areas where IDF did not enter.

IDF encircled Hezbollah stronghold Bint Jbeil and took more than half of it. Some 50-100 Hezbollah are trapped in Bint Jbeil old city and their destiny is doomed. Overall nearly 1500 Hezbollah were killed in this war.

That in addition to 4000 Hezbollah killed in 2023-2024.

Ayatulas brough a total disaster upon Lebanese Shiites. First they initiated a useless war with Israel 1985-2000. Then again in 2006. Then they sent them to die for Assad in Syria. Then another disastrous war for Hamas.

 

[Perun]

That's not my opinion but undisputed fact. Houthis are just an illegal armed gang which first seized power in North of Yemen by force and then tried to take over South Yemen too (they were pushed back). They are no different from ISIS in that matter.

No, it is just your opinion

 

[fenris]

No, it is just your opinion

No thems the facts. Houthis are not the official government of Yemen. They are just a group that controls parts of Yemen. Kinda like the Cartels in Mexico, they control parts of Mexico but they are not the official government.

 

[FiReFTW]

Trump has gone completely off the rails insulting everyone that doesn't cater to him or agree with him with profound insults.

This guy is singlehandedly going to completely ruin the US relations with every single nation apart from Israel for decades to come lol.

 

[Perun]

No thems the facts. Houthis are not the official government of Yemen. They are just a group that controls parts of Yemen. Kinda like the Cartels in Mexico, they control parts of Mexico but they are not the official government.

Houthis have a very large support among the Yemeni people, and that says more about their legality than a Aden government that seems to be recognized by everyone except their own people.

 

[TurkWolf]

Trump has gone completely off the rails insulting everyone that doesn't cater to him or agree with him with profound insults.

This guy is singlehandedly going to completely ruin the US relations with every single nation apart from Israel for decades to come lol.

We're witnessing the end of a superpower before our very eyes. They will still be strong no doubt, but that aura they had decades back is gone almost completely.

Also not sure if Trump came to stop the rot or have US destroyed from within.