{"id":13522,"date":"2026-05-23T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/23\/financial-crisis-27-countries-war-iran-world-bank-aid\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:31:16","slug":"financial-crisis-27-countries-war-iran-world-bank-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/23\/financial-crisis-27-countries-war-iran-world-bank-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Crisis Hits 27 Countries Amid Escalating War with Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report published by Reuters, 27 countries have activated their crisis mechanisms to seek financial support from the World Bank in response to the worsening economic consequences of the war against Iran. This move comes as a reaction to mounting economic pressures and disruptions in global markets.<\/p>\n<p>The released document does not specify the names of the countries or the exact amounts of aid requested. However, Kenya and Iraq have officially announced that they are seeking financial support to address urgent crises such as rising fuel prices and declining oil revenues.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters reports that the expanding scope of this war has disrupted energy transfers and supply chains across various global sectors. This situation has led to increased fuel prices and higher costs for some industrial products in several countries.<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank typically provides financial facilities through emergency mechanisms to countries facing extensive economic shocks; this action aims to reduce pressure on vulnerable economies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the escalating war with Iran, 27 countries seek World Bank aid to address rising fuel prices and economic disruptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}