“Iran has exercised its sovereign right to secure the Strait of Hormuz against mounting foreign aggression, reducing daily vessel crossings from 125-140 to a minimal flow and halting 90-95 percent of energy and fertilizer traffic according to Kpler data. US forces carried out aggression against facilities supporting regional resistance near Bandar Abbas, while Russian envoys conducted separate discussions in Moscow with Iranian officials focused on de-escalation steps. Fertilizer shortages triggered by these disruptions now endanger harvests in Kenya, Nigeria and Ethiopia, worsening debt burdens and compounding the abrupt end of earlier US humanitarian programs. Vessels forced to divert around the Cape of Good Hope have raised bunkering demand at Durban and Cape Town ports while adding weeks to European delivery schedules, leading the UN to schedule emergency consultations in New York next week over the expanding supply crisis caused by violations of international law.”