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US makes progress on reopening Strait of Hormuz, but Iran war remains unresolved

US makes progress on reopening Strait of Hormuz, but Iran war remains unresolved

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September 11th, 2026

US makes progress on reopening Strait of Hormuz, but Iran war remains unresolved

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Over the past few weeks, the United States has not only succeeded in loosening Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz, but has simultaneously driven Iran's own oil exports to a virtual standstill, further accelerating the precipitous decline of its economy.

ここ数週間にわたり米国はイランによるホルムズ海峡の支配を緩和せしめることに成功を収めたのみならず同時にイラン自身の石油輸出を事実上停止に追い込み、その経済の急落を一層加速させている

However, the war that the United States and Israel launched in Februarywhich was supposed to be over within weeksremains far from concluded, and this stalemate is exacting a considerable toll on both sides.

しかし2月に米国とイスラエルが開始した戦争——数週間で終結するはずであった——は依然として終結には程遠くこの膠着状態は双方にとって多大な犠牲を強いている

The agreement reached in June has already collapsed, and since then there has been no sign whatsoever of diplomatic progress.

6月に達成された合意は早くも瓦解し、それ以降外交的な進展の兆候は皆無である。

Low-intensity fighting continues, and the United States appears to have no exit strategy.

低強度の戦闘が継続しており米国には出口戦略が存在するようには思われない

Although escalating economic pressure on Iran has not yet succeeded in fomenting an insurgency, one cannot rule out the possibility that, if its leadership were backed into a corner, it would opt not for capitulation but for military escalation.

イランに対する経済的圧力の増大はいまだ反乱を誘発するには至っていないもののその指導者層が窮地に追い込まれた場合降伏ではなく軍事的エスカレーションを選択する可能性が否定できない

Meanwhile, the Houthis' allied forces in Yemen have been intensifying their attacks on Saudi Arabia, which has contributed to driving oil prices back up.

他方イエメンのフーシ派の同盟勢力はサウジアラビアへの攻撃を激化させておりこれが石油価格の再騰を後押しする一因となっている

The price of Brent crude, which serves as an international benchmark, surged past $100 a barrel this week, while diesel, widely used in the transport and agricultural sectors, reached record highs, giving rise to concerns that this will stoke inflation.

国際的指標として参照されるブレント原油の価格は今週、1バレル100ドルを突破する急騰を遂げ、輸送や農業の分野で広く用いられるディーゼルは記録的な高値に達し、インフレを助長する懸念が生じている。

President Donald Trump has acknowledged that gasoline prices are likely to remain elevated until November, when the midterm elections are held.

ドナルド・トランプ米大統領は、中間選挙が実施される11月までガソリン価格が高止まりする公算が大きいことを認めている。

Regrettably, although the United States has achieved the limited objectives of loosening Iran's grip on the strait and inflicting a devastating blow on the Iranian economy, it has by no means emerged victorious in its war with Iran," said Mona Yacoubian, a Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

遺憾ながら米国はイランの海峡支配を緩和せしめイラン経済に壊滅的打撃を齎すという限定的成果を収めたにもかかわらずイランとの戦争において勝利を収めているわけではない」と、ワシントンの戦略国際問題研究所の中東専門家モナ・ヤクービアン氏は述べた

Iran has shown not the slightest inclination to yield; on the contrary, it has not only gone on the counteroffensive but has also laid bare its readiness to escalate the conflict at every conceivable point.

イランは頑として屈する姿勢を微塵も示しておらずむしろ反撃に転じるのみならず可能なあらゆる地点において紛争をエスカレートさせる意欲を露呈している。

The war is assuming the character of a protracted conflict, and the prospect of a clear-cut victor emerging appears exceedingly remote.

この戦争は長期化の様相を呈し明確な勝者が出現する可能性は極めて低いと見られる

Within days of the war's outbreak, Iran effectively blockaded the Strait of Hormuzthe chokepoint through which one-fifth of the world's oil and gas traded in peacetime passesand exploited the ensuing global economic shock as leverage.

イランは平時に世界で取引される石油とガスの5分の1が通過するホルムズ海峡を、戦争開始の数日で事実上封鎖し、世界的な経済ショックを leverage として利用した

At the same time, it continued its own oil exports, primarily to China.

一方で主に中国向けに自国の石油輸出を続けた

Nevertheless, over the past few weeks that equilibrium has been reversed.

にもかかわらずここ数週間でその均衡は逆転した

According to statistics compiled by Homayoun Falakshahi, an oil analyst at Kpler, a global trade monitoring agency, the US blockade has effectively brought Iran's exports to a halt, while the US military is facilitating an expansion of exports by the Gulf states.

世界的な貿易監視機関であるKplerの石油アナリストホマユン・ファラクシャヒ氏が集計した統計によれば米国の封鎖によってイランの輸出は事実上停止に追い込まれ、一方で米軍は湾岸諸国による輸出拡大を後押ししている

According to his testimony, Iran's oil exports plummeted from 1.85 million barrels per day last spring to roughly 255,000 barrels per day by August.

同氏の証言によればイランの石油輸出量は昨春の日量185万バレルから8月には約25万5000バレルへと激減した

By contrast, exports of non-Iranian oil surged from 300,000 barrels per day at the height of the war to 8.4 million barrels per day by September, and reportedly reached 10.8 million barrels per day once exports routed through alternative channels are included.

これに対し非イラン産石油の輸出量は戦争が最高潮に達した時期の日量30万バレルから9月には840万バレルへと急増し代替ルートを経由した輸出を含めればその数は1080万バレルに達したという

On Sunday, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, proudly presenting similar figures, remarked, "We are probably at more than two-thirds of the pre-war flow."

米国のクリス・ライトエネルギー長官日曜日、同様の数値を誇らしげに提示しつつ、「戦争前の流れの3分の2以上には達しているだろうと述べた

According to Farakhshahi, pre-war non-Iranian exports stood at approximately 14 million barrels per day.

ファラクシャヒ氏によれば戦争前の非イラン産輸出日量およそ1400万バレルであった。

Nevertheless, this increase in shipping volume hinges on a large-scale U.S. military deployment to the strait, which is straining the armed forces' resources.

とはいえこの輸送量の増加は、海峡への大規模な米軍展開依拠するものであり軍の資源を圧迫している

The unpopular war has already saddled American taxpayers with costs exceeding 37.5 billion dollars and claimed the lives of 18 U.S. service members, and it is expected to weigh heavily on the Republican Party in November's elections.

不人気な戦争すでに米国の納税者に375億ドル超の費用を負わせ、米軍兵士18人の命を奪っており11月の選挙において共和党に重くのしかかると予想される

The further tightening of the blockade, together with new sanctions imposed by the United States, has already inflicted devastating damage on the Iranian economy, driving up prices and making the queues outside petrol stations even longer.

封鎖の一層の強化ならびに米国による新規制裁措置は、イラン経済に既に甚大な打撃を及ぼし、物価を押し上げ、給油所前の行列をいっそう長蛇のものとしている。

Nevertheless, to date, as the country's leadership increasingly hardens its stance, there is not the slightest indication that they will be induced to make concessions over the Strait of Hormuz, the disputed nuclear programme, or their support for regional armed groups.

しかしながら、現時点に至るまで、同国の指導部がますます強硬路線を強める中、ホルムズ海峡、係争中の核計画、あるいは地域武装グループへの支援をめぐって、彼らに譲歩を促すような兆候は皆無である。

"Washington's fundamental flaw lies in the fact that it still lacks a theory of victory.

ワシントンの根本的欠陥は未だ勝利の理論を欠如している点にある

Although more ships are passing through and Iran is suffering damage, none of this has yet produced a political outcome," said Ali Vaez, an Iran expert at the International Crisis Group.

より多くの船舶が通過しイランが痛手を被っているもののそのいずれもが政治的な帰結をもたらすには至っていない」と、国際危機グループのイラン専門家であるアリ・ヴァエズ氏は述べた

Iran persists in launching attacks on vessels in the strait, and when the United States conducts limited strikes against its coastal areas, Iran retaliates by launching missile attacks on the Arab nations that host American forces.

イランは海峡において船舶に対する攻撃を継続し米国がその沿岸地域へ限定的な攻撃を加えるとこれに対抗してイランは米軍を受け入れているアラブ諸国へのミサイル攻撃をもって応じている。

President Trump recently dismissed this conflict as "no big deal."

トランプ大統領は先般この紛争を「大したことではない」と一蹴した

Nevertheless, as the supply of advanced US interceptor missiles grows increasingly strained, there exists a possibility that Iran may be tempted either to escalate its attacks or to respond through regional proxy forces.

しかしながら、米国の高度迎撃ミサイルの供給が逼迫の度を深めるにつれ、イランは攻撃をエスカレートさせるか、あるいは地域の代理勢力を介して対応するという誘惑に駆られる可能性が存する。

This week, the Iran-backed Houthis carried out a series of attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities.

イランが後援するフーシ派は今週サウジアラビアの石油施設に対し一連の攻撃を敢行した

This forms part of a conflict that has persisted for over a decade, yet in recent weeks it has intensified markedly.

これは10年以上にわたり継続してきた紛争の一環であるがここ数週間でその激しさを増している

Moreover, the Houthis have also been targeting Saudi vessels, thereby threatening the kingdom's oil exports and, by extension, a vital trade route: the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which leads to the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.

さらにフーシ派はサウジの船舶をも標的としており同国の石油輸出ひいては紅海およびスエズ運河へと通じるバブ・エル・マンデブ海峡という枢要な貿易ルートを脅かすに至っている

According to Farakshahi's report, the Houthis inflicted damage on Saudi Arabia's Jizan refinery, a major supplier of diesel and jet fuel to Europe.

ファラクシャヒ氏の報告によればフーシ派は欧州向けディーゼルおよびジェット燃料の主要供給国であるサウジアラビアのジザン製油所に損害を与えた

Based on Kpler's statistics, the volume of Saudi crude oil shipped to Asia via the Bab el-Mandeb Strait plummeted from roughly 3.4 million barrels per day in June to a mere 128,000 barrels per day in August, yet recovered modestly to approximately 700,000 barrels per day in September.

Kplerの統計に基づくとバブ・エル・マンデブ海峡を経由してアジアへ向かうサウジ産原油の輸送量は6月の日量約340万バレルから8月にはわずか日量12万8000バレルへと急落したものの、9月には日量約70万バレルへと緩やかに持ち直した

Danny Citrinowicz, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies and a former Israeli intelligence officer responsible for Iran, wrote the following on X.

イスラエル国家安全保障研究所の上級研究員でありイラン担当の元イスラエル情報将校でもあるダニー・シトリノヴィッチ氏はXにこう記した

"Tehran has repeatedly and persistently been signaling that, far from capitulating to mounting US pressure, it will respond by climbing the escalation ladder."

テヘランは米国の圧力の高まりに対し屈するどころかエスカレーションのはしごを昇ることによって応じるのだというシグナルを繰り返し発信し続けている」。

He wrote, "It is hardly likely that Iran will simply acquiesce to an indefinite naval blockade, nor that it will tacitly countenance Washington unilaterally imposing economic costs without bearing any costs of its own."

同氏は、「イランが無期限の海上封鎖をただ黙受することもワシントンが自ら何らコストを負担することなく一方的に経済的コストを課すことを黙認することもあるまい」と記した

For more than twenty years, the journalist Klaus energetically pursued reporting across the Middle East, having been stationed in Cairo, Jerusalem, and Baghdad.

クラウス記者20年有余年にわたり中東各地にて取材活動を精力的に展開しカイロエルサレムバグダッドの各都市に駐在していた

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