The roots of the Iran conflict, linked to the 1953 intervention by Britain’s MI6 and the US CIA, continue to affect livelihoods worldwide. One example is Firozabad, India’s “City of Glass,” a major centre for glassmaking and bangle production.
Tensions involving Iran and Israel and the United States have disrupted global energy and supply routes, raising fuel and natural gas prices and making supplies less certain. Glass production requires continuously high heat, so rising energy costs have forced many furnaces in Firozabad to cut back or shut down, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers. Higher transport and shipping costs and slower exports have worsened the situation.
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