Iran war live: Tehran offers US plan to reopen Hormuz within seven days

Reporting from Baghdad, IraqResponding to threats of US sanctions, Iraq has shut down ground services to multiple Iranian airlines at three major airports in the country, effectively ending flights between the two nations.Various pro-Iranian politicians warned against bending to US sanctions, but those warnings were not heeded.Iraq is in a difficult situation, allied both to America and to Iran. At times like this, it is squeezed between the two.There is a strong pro-Iranian representation in the Iraqi parliament, and Iraq is strongly reliant on Iran for trade and the import of certain crucial goods, most notably gas, which powers much of the electricity network in the country.Now that Iraq is responding to this US sanctions directive, Iran may push back, incurring economic consequences.In general, though, the war has been very disruptive to the Iraqi economy. Iraq is hugely reliant on oil, which it exports primarily through the Strait of Hormuz, and has been massively impeded by the blockages that have been witnessed there.Some blame Iran for this, feeling that Iran is too controlling of Iraq. Others blame the US and Israel for having started the war in the first place.Either way, Iraq remains in a very delicate position between all of these larger and more powerful states, continuing to suffer economic consequences and the fallout itself.