Week in pictures: March 9 - March 15 2012

The former president of Saudi Aramco brushed off Iran’s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking on the sidelines of a Dubai conference, the ex-chief of the world’s richest company said he did not think closure was likely, and would not be a disaster for oil-producing Gulf countries even if it happened. “No one will allow the closure,” Abdallah Jum’ah told Arabian Business, “the world will not allow it.”