No catch for the day: Pakistan's tuna trade caught in US-Iran crossfire

In Iranian waters, a strange trade is taking place — Pakistani fishermen exchange subsidised Iranian fuel for high-value tuna, a barter system now under threat from escalating US-Iran tensions. Shah Zamin Khan is among thousands of Pakistani tuna traders whose lucrative business has been at a near standstill since February, when the US-Israeli war on Iran began. The recent targeting of Iranian seaports by Washington has made matters worse. Iran’s southern ports of Konarak, Pasabandar and Beris,...