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NATO: Iran-Israel tensions cut off oil supplies in the Middle East

Former NATO naval commander James Stavridis has warned that if Iran and Israel confront each other, oil supplies from the Middle East will be cut off.

"The escalation of tensions in the region could stop oil supplies from the Middle East," Stavridis told reporters.

"We are going through a dangerous moment, like the days before the outbreak of World War II, in addition to growing strategic tensions with China in the Pacific," he said.

"This great turmoil in the Middle East between Israel and Iran could develop into the worst-case scenario, and when all the tensions in the world happen together, it brings an unpleasant moment, like the late 1930s," he said.

"The next US president will help prevent conflict and tensions and bring about some kind of peace in the Middle East," Stavridis said.