The Real Leader of Iran Has Just Been Killed, And That Has Enormous Implications

Michael Snyder - https://endoftheamericandream.com/the-real-leader-of-iran-has-just-been-killed-and-that-has-enormous-implications/#google_vignette

We just witnessed a very pivotal moment in our war with Iran. When Ayatollah Khameni was still alive, Ali Larijani was essentially running the country. Once Ayatollah Khamenei died and was replaced by his son, Ali Larijani was still essentially running the country. The mass slaughter of protesters during the month of January had his fingerprints all over it, and many believe that he was the primary reason why Iran took such a hard line in negotiations with the United States during the month of February just before the war erupted. A lot of people are absolutely thrilled that he is gone, but who is going to run Iran now? Larijani was a murderer and a radical, but he was at least somewhat rational. Will he be replaced by someone that is a complete lunatic?

We shall see what happens.

If Larijani is replaced by a moderate, this could be a very good thing.

But if he is replaced by a total nut, there is no telling what Iran might do next.

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“Fertilizer Shock”: The Closure of the Strait of Hormuz Could Cause Widespread Global Food Shortages

by Michael Snyder - https://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/fertilizer-shock-the-closure-of-the-strait-of-hormuz-could-cause-widespread-global-food-shortages/#google_vignette

If commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains paralyzed for months, we will witness a global food crisis on a scale that many experts would have once considered to be unthinkable. Over the past couple of weeks, there has been much written about how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused the price of oil to rise, has caused the price of natural gas to soar to insane levels and has caused the average price of diesel in the United States to jump above five dollars a gallon. But I think that the bigger story is what the closure of the Strait of Hormuz could mean for global food supplies.

Normally, approximately one-third of all globally-traded nitrogen fertilizer and approximately one-half of all globally-traded sulfur passes through the Strait of Hormuz…

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