US EditionInvestors brace for oil price spike, rush to havens after US bombs Iran nuclear sites
IRAN, JUN 22 – The U.S. strikes targeted Iran's key nuclear sites, pushing Brent crude prices up 18% since June 10 and raising concerns over potential supply disruptions and inflation risks.
- On June 13, Israel launched airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear sites, accusing Tehran of nearing nuclear weapons capability.
- The strikes followed days of aerial combat and were authorized by President Trump, marking a major U.S. escalation in the Middle East conflict.
- The U.S. carried out strikes on Iran’s main nuclear sites—Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow—utilizing bunker-buster bombs and Tomahawk missiles, leading Iran to respond by launching missile attacks targeting Israel.
- President Trump praised the attacks as a remarkable military achievement, asserting that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities had been entirely destroyed, while Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi strongly criticized the operation and stated that all measures to protect Iran's sovereignty remained under consideration.
- The strikes triggered fears of soaring oil prices with Brent crude up 20% to $79.04 and warnings that prices could exceed $130 per barrel amid threats to the Strait of Hormuz and global market volatility.
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NEW YORK — A US attack on Iranian nuclear sites could push oil prices even higher and trigger a knee-jerk rush to safety, investors said. They assessed how the latest escalation of tensions would ripple through the global economy. The reaction in Middle East stock markets, which trade on Sunday, suggested investors were assuming a benign outcome. This. even as Iran intensified its missile attacks on Israel in response to the sudden, deep US invo…
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