Veronika Grimm is a member of the Expert Council for the Assessment of Overall Economic Development and a professor at the Technical University of Nuremberg.
THE TIME: Oil and gas prices have risen sharply and many share prices have fallen. What is different now than before due to the Iranian attack on the gas infrastructure in Qatar?
Veronica Grimm: It is becoming increasingly clear that the Americans do not have the situation in their own hands. Iran has an interest in further escalating and prolonging this war in order to put increasing pressure on the West over energy supplies.