ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN

April 18th, 2024

Update: Oil, Markets Shrugging Off Attack

There is remarkably little solid information about what, precisely, has happened. After an initial move higher, oil is pulling back at this time. SP500, Dow, Nasdaq futures all down less than 1% (0500UTC). Standing by to see if Iran retaliates.

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Live:

Via: ZeroHedge:

And just like that, Israel – having once again ignored Biden’s pleadings not to escalate the already tense situation – is retaliating against Iran’s weekend strike, which was itself a retaliation against Israel bombing Iran’s embassy in Syria on April 1.

Moments ago futures dumped, oil prices spiked, and treasury yields slumped amid social media reports and Reuters headlines that there have been three “huge explosions” near the central Iran cities of Natanz (location of an Iranian nuclear power plant) and Isfahan (location of the Iranian Nuclear Technology Center which is suspected of being the center of Iran’s nuclear weapons program), as well as simultaneous explosions in Iraq and Syria, where the Israel air force appears to be targeting pro-Iranian militias.

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One Response to “ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN”

  1. Loveandlight says:
    April 20, 2024 at 4:36 am

    If that mini-drone strike on Iran was actually Israel (and it’s looking now as if it was), I’m genuinely surprised that Israel opted for such a nothing-burger of a retaliation.

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