"The Iran war is driving fuel prices higher worldwide, leading to angry protests around the globe and straining the economies of countries that have nothing to do with the war," Axios reports. "It's not just driving up prices in the U.S. The war is causing problems around the world " in some cases far worse than anything Americans are experiencing." "The surge in prices squeezes consumers, and worsens the finances of governments trying to contain the shock " especially poorer and developing countries with little fiscal running room."