# persian gulf (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover persian gulf. Page: Feed: --- ## [Gold And Silver Led The Current Run In Interest Rates; Diesel Shortage Hits Markets; Trump Calls UAE After Its Gold Transfer To Iran](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/gold-and-silver-led-the-current-run) _2026-08-18 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ An interesting pattern has been developing since 2018. ## [Iran's Schrödinger's pilots in Qatar](https://arabism.bearblog.dev/iran-qatar-pilots/) _2026-08-17 · arabism · Arabism_ Tehran is alleging Doha is illegaly holding four pilots who aircrafts were shot down over Qatar in early March. Qatar is disputing the accusations, saying it tried contacting Iran from the start. The Islamic Republic's air raid took place on 2nd March, and its target was al-Udeid, America's largest military base in the region. Upon their violating the Qatari airspace, as well as failed attempts at… ## [In Memoriam: The US Gold Dollar (Like It Or Not, It Will Be Forced Back And Soon)](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/in-memoriam-the-us-gold-dollar-like) _2026-08-15 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ On August 15, 1971, the Nixon Administration ‘temporarily’ closed the gold window defaulting on the foreign central banks’ ability to redeem US dollars for gold at the official rate of $35 /oz. ## [UAE Gold Movements To Iran; Is Bessent Forced To Speak?](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/uae-gold-movements-to-iran-is-bessent) _2026-08-14 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ Following-up on yesterday’s post that Iran will be moved to take Strait of Hormuz toll payments in gold ultimately migrating the Gulf region to gold payments for oil, aircraft have been observed flying from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Iran on August 11 and 12. ## [Iran Is Tracking Toward Gold Hormuz Toll & Oil Trade Settlement / Record Diesel Market Shortage](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/iran-is-tracking-toward-gold-hormuz) _2026-08-14 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ With global crude supplies to refineries truncated for the past 5 months, the world is becoming increasingly desperate for diesel fuel supply. ## [Middle East pulls a NATO](https://arabism.bearblog.dev/middle-east-nato/) _2026-08-09 · arabism · Arabism_ Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia made a defence pact, the basis of which sounds awfully familiar: an attack on one is an attack on all. The devil's in the details, and those remain unknown, but a closer look complicates the picture: media report the document the trio signed on Friday doesn't require the new allies to support one another in the way we know as members of the NATO. It's more an… ## [Continued Drop In US Weekly Supply From Crude Oil SPR - Access Issues?](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/continued-drop-in-us-weekly-supply) _2026-08-04 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ The US draw of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) dropped during the week to July 24, 2026 to 3.8 million (M) barrels (bbl) down from a weekly peak of 9.9M bbl in May 2026. ## [US Oil & Fuel Supply To Market Is Constricting: Tipping Us Into Accelerating Economic & Financial Crisis](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/us-oil-and-fuel-supply-to-market) _2026-07-25 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ On July 11, 2026, this Substack noted that informed energy experts were stating that US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) stock levels of crude oil could not be drawn below 300 million (M) barrels (bbl) without damage to physical storage facilities. ## [US Strategic Petroleum Reserve Crude Oil Releases Decline Even As Diesel Shortages Intensify](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-crude) _2026-07-17 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ Diesel Shortages Are Not The Road To Prosperity ## [Four Weeks Ago, Trump Said Oil Reserves Could Be 'Running Out' In Four Weeks Risking 'Bedlam'](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/four-weeks-ago-trump-said-oil-reserves) _2026-07-14 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ Here We Are ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/JJM3TChCykWk) _2026-07-14 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [Hard Stoppage Of US Strategic Oil Reserve Supply To Market Is Imminent: Former White House Chief Energy Advisor](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/hard-stoppage-of-us-strategic-oil) _2026-07-11 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ President Trump: "We're going to knock the hell out of them" - Out Of Iran Or The US Population? ## [Signals That Fuel Shortages Will Drive The Next Wave Of US Fuel Price Increases](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/signals-that-fuel-shortages-will) _2026-07-09 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ After the June 18, 2026 ‘Peace MOU’ between Iran and the US, over 150 million (M) barrels (bbl) of previously trapped crude oil surged out of the Persian Gulf by tanker onto the world market. ## [Bahrain - passport as a weapon](https://arabism.bearblog.dev/bahrain-passport-as-a-weapon/) _2026-07-09 · arabism · Arabism_ 69 Bahrainis had their citizenship revoked because their government decided they were traitors. The youngest is a few months old. Their sin? They glorified and sympathized with Iran's enemy actions. What sounds horryfing is in fact - at least in some of the cases - sharing footage online of Iranian drones and missiles, and the damage they caused. Is that really a glorification of enemy aggression?… ## [Iran - the war in the times of social media](https://arabism.bearblog.dev/iran-war-consequences/) _2026-05-10 · arabism · Arabism_ Donald Trump's ceasefire is getting shaky, although it continues to hold. Iran has attacked an Emirati port, and there are contradictory reports of attacks on ships. The ceasefire is there, although Americans won. In Lebanon, it only applies in theory: since April, Israel has killed hundreds of people and razed villages to the ground. Donald Trump is indeed a miraclous man: he started a war… ## [The Gulf’s new normal](https://arabism.bearblog.dev/iran-war-new-normal-arab/) _2026-03-17 · arabism · Arabism_ 18 people have died so far in Iran's attacks on the Gulf's Arab states. The continuing drone and missile strikes beg the question: is the Persian Gulf safe nowadays? The third week of the war in Iran brings more of the same. The US and Israel attack both military and civilian targets in the Islamic Republic, which sends drones and missiles on its Arab neighbours - Saudi Arabia intercepted 64… ## [At war with Iran. The dominoes of pressure](https://arabism.bearblog.dev/iran-war/) _2026-03-08 · arabism · Arabism_ The US and Israel have began a war they do not seem to have properly planned, risking to destabilise the region without a guarantee of success. Initially, the stated goal was to "decapitate the regime," giving Iranians a chance to take over the government, but the chaotic messaging suggests the why is murky. Smoke billowing from the US 5th fleet base, Bahrain, 28.02.26 The remarks by the secretary…