A shop owner waits for custormers in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A shop owner waits for custormers in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A shop owner waits for custormers in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A street vendor sells T-shirts at a market in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

Iranian visitors talk inside the Imam Ali Shrine in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A shop owner waits for custormers in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

People stand inside the Imam Ali Shrine in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A man pushes a hand truck loaded with sodas past a supermarket displaying signs with food prices in US dollars in Caracas on April 22, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)