US has conducted defensive strikes on some Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz, US official says
U.S. officials said the strikes were defensive and limited, aimed at protecting American assets and commercial shipping as oil prices rose.
- Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Tuesday following reports that the United States struck Iran's Qeshm Island, with Brent crude futures up 0.5% to $105.25 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate crude increasing 47 cents to $96.93 a barrel.
- Iranian state media reported several explosions near Qeshm Island on Monday, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have intercepted American drones near the Strait of Hormuz in separate operations.
- Market analyst Tim Waterer at KCM Trade noted the strike report "flipped the tone" after markets had begun pricing in a more diplomatic path, reversing recent optimism about conflict resolution.
- Reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz during the eight-month US-Iran conflict has become a leading cause of elevated gasoline prices, affecting global crude oil and natural gas supplies.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei authorized peace talks, though recent Qatari mediator discussions ended without breakthrough; separately, the United States will host Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11.
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U.S. forces struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, one of several strikes the Wall Street Journal says were kept from the public, even as Trump says the U.S. hasn’t been “doing any fighting for months.” Iran says it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz in two days if the U.S. meets its demands.
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