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The smoke gives up the sky above Tehran, Iran, after explosions in the capital after the Israeli army struck Iranian targets on June 18, 2025.
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Oil prices increased by around 3% on Thursday after the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the soldiers of Israel to intensify attacks on Iran and investors Monitoring signs To know if the United States will increase the involvement in the conflict.
The global reference for oil, BrentAdded $ 2.15, or 2.8%, to end at $ 78.85 per barrel, its highest regulations since January 22. US gross oil increased by 3.2% for a session of $ 77.58 per barrel at a given time.
Netanyahu ordered the soldiers of Israel to intensify attacks on “strategic targets” in Iran and “government targets” in the country’s capital, Tehran, the Minister of Israel of Defense Israel Katz Social media message. The goal of the strikes is to “undermine the Ayatollah regime,” said Katz.
Israel’s decision to increase its military operation against the Islamic Republic comes after an Iranian missile would have struck a large hospital In the city of southern Beersheba. Katz threatened the Iranian chief of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following the hospital strike.
Katz said the Israeli army “has been educated and knows that to achieve all of his goals, this man should absolutely not continue to exist,” referring to Khamenei.
President Donald Trump East Always planning to order an American strike on the Iranian nuclear program. “I can do it, I may not do it, I mean nobody knows what I’m going to do,” Trump told journalists on Wednesday.
THE The White House said Thursday that the president would decide within two weeks of the strike of Iran.
JPMorgan warned Wednesday that the regime change in a large oil producing country like Iran could have a deep impact on world oil prices. Iran is one of the best producers in OPEC.
“If history serves as a guide, Iran’s additional destabilization could lead to much higher oil prices over prolonged periods,” customers Natasha Kaneva told global research on JPMorgan basic products.
Supply losses following a regime change “are difficult to recover quickly, by supporting more high prices,” said Kaneva.
Fixed: American crude oil increased by $ 2.06, or 2.7%, to $ 77.20 at a given time during the session. He did not close at this level.
