How severe has the economic impact of the Iran war been for the Gulf states?
- Written by Emilie Rutledge, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University

The US and Israel’s war on Iran has cast a long shadow over the Gulf. It has placed many of the economies that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regional grouping – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia – under substantial strain.
Since the war began in February, the World Bank has...







