OCHA documents early civilian damage, displacement, and service disruption

A UNHCR preliminary assessment estimated that 600,000 to one million Iranian households, or up to 3.2 million people, had temporarily relocated inside Iran by 12 March. The estimate was assembled...

The United States announced strikes on military targets on Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil-export hub. President Trump also threatened to target oil infrastructure if Iran continued blocking shipping....

President Trump said the US was seeking support from seven countries to protect ships moving through Hormuz and urged allies to contribute naval forces. The request internationalized the military...

Japan and Australia said they had no plans to dispatch naval vessels to escort ships through Hormuz after the US request. Their stated constraints and decisions showed that US partners did not act...

Israeli strikes hit Iran’s South Pars gas field and Asaluyeh energy hub. Iran then attacked energy facilities in Gulf states. The sequence widened the war to infrastructure sustaining public services,...

QatarEnergy’s chief executive told Reuters Iranian strikes damaged two LNG trains and one gas-to-liquids facility, taking 12.8 million tonnes per year of capacity offline for an estimated three to...

Iran marked Nowruz, the Persian New Year, while airstrikes, displacement, and service disruptions continued. The UN in Iran issued a solidarity statement recognizing the difficult circumstances facing...

Reuters described sharp supply reductions from the Hormuz closure, rising prices, and risks to food security. War’s economic geography extended far beyond the combatant states: people dependent on...

At a Human Rights Council debate on Iranian attacks against Gulf states, Oman’s representative argued that US-Israeli attacks on Iran had ignited the regional escalation and called for diplomacy. This...

At the request of Iran, China, and Cuba, the Human Rights Council held an urgent debate on the attack on Shajareh Tayyebeh Girls’ School. The session brought the school and children’s protection...