Combine the Energy Crisis of 1973, 1979 and 2002, the IEA Reveals It's Worse Now

JAKARTA - The head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, has warned of the serious impact of the energy crisis of fuel and gas due to the Strait of Hormuz becoming a US-Israeli war zone against Iran.

"It is more serious than the combined crises of 1973, 1979, and 2002," Birol told the French newspaper Le Figaro, quoted by Reuters, Tuesday, April 7.

Since the US-Israel attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, the world's energy-carrying ships have been held around the Strait of Hormuz.

The supply route of 20 percent of the world's fuel and gas, is currently being opened in a limited manner with monitoring from Iran as a country directly bordering the Strait of Hormuz.

Birol then emphasized that the world "has never experienced such a large energy supply disruption."

Not long ago, three crude oil carriers belonging to a Turkish company managed to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

At the same time, a tanker ship owned by a Japanese subsidiary of an Indian company also crossed the supply line of 20 percent of the world's global crude oil consumption on Monday, April 6.