Meanwhile, the price of high-speed diesel has surged by Rs1.39 per litre, taking the new rate to Rs382.25 per litre . Attacks on ships in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait have increased uncertainty for shipping companies already hobbled by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The fatalities aboard the Egyptian-owned Tihamah, if confirmed, would be the first deaths in a Houthi strike on shipping since the Iran war began. The fatalities aboard the Egyptian-owned Tihamah, if confirmed, would be the first deaths in a Houthi strike on shipping since the Iran war began. Mohammad Mokhber, an adviser to Khamenei, also reiterated on X that the strait will not reopen until Iran’s conditions are met .