Aya Batraoui

Now, before that hit, it was capable of refining nearly a million barrels of crude oil a day.

Now, that is an addition now to production cuts and suspensions we're already seeing in countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, and other Gulf Arab states.

And, you know, the cost of gas is not only rising in the U.S., as you mentioned, but also in places with fragile economies like Egypt and parts of Nigeria where fuel has gone up as much as 40% in some cities, sparking panic buying and long fuel lines there.

In Thailand, people are also being asked now to take the stairs to save on energy costs.

And so countries are now discussing releasing some of those emergency strategic oil reserves that they have in order to bring prices down.

So one of the unknowns right now is about Mustafa Khamenei.

Now, he's the new supreme leader that was announced this week, but we've heard no public statements from him since his selection this week.

And there are reports trickling out of Iran.

He may have been wounded in the attack that killed his father, the former supreme leader and members of his immediate family.

But there's no way to independently confirm that.

Now, also, we're struggling to get a clear picture of what's happening at bases where U.S.

troops are in the Gulf.

The White House was asked and confirmed that around 150 U.S.

soldiers have been wounded since the start of the war, in addition to seven killed.

But it is increasingly difficult to report on these developments.

There are censorship laws in Israel and restrictions on social media posts in the Gulf related to the war.

But also satellite imagery is becoming restricted.

Planet Labs, which is a commercial satellite imagery company used by many, announced a 14-day delay to the release of imagery over the region, including Iran, but also those bases where U.S.

troops have been hit.

Thanks, Steve.