Oil prices rise with Israel’s pledge to intensify attacks on Iran

Oil prices rose by about 3 % on Thursday, after the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu The Israel Army ordered the intensification of attacks against Iran and investors I saw signs About whether the United States will increase the participation of the conflict.

The global oil standard, BrentHe added $ 2.15, or 2.8 %, to close it at $ 78.85 a barrel, the highest settlement since January 22. United States crude oil 3.2 % rose to a session above $ 77.58 a barrel at one point.

Netanyahu Orded ISRAEL’s Military to Intensify Attacks on “Strategic Targets” in IRAN and “Goovernment Targets” in the country Capital, Tehran, ISRAEL Defeense Minister Israel Katz said in a Social media yet. Katz said that the aim of the strikes is to “undermine the system of Ayatollah.”

Israel’s decision to escalate its military operation against the Islamic Republic comes after an Iranian missile And according to what was stated a large hospital In the southern city of Persacheba. Katz, the leader of Iran, threatened Ayatollah Ali Khawnai in the wake of the hospital strike.

Katz said that the Israeli army “has been directed and knows that in order to achieve all its goals, this man should not continue at all to refer to my crude.

president Donald Trump He is I am still thinking about whether an American strike should be requested On the Iranian nuclear program. “I may do it, I may not do it, I mean, no one knows what I will do,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday.

the The White House said Thursday In two weeks, the president will decide whether to strike Iran.

On Wednesday, Jpmorgan warned that changing the regime in a large country of oil production, such as Iran, could have a profound impact on global oil prices. Iran is one of the best producers in OPEC.

“If history is a guide, it may lead to more destabilization in Iran to the high oil prices over long periods,” said Natasha Kinieva, head of international research research at JPMorgan.

Kinieva said the supply losses in the wake of the regime’s change “is a challenge to quickly recover, which supports high prices.”

Correction: US crude oil rose $ 2.06, or 2.7 %, to $ 77.20 at one point during the session. He did not close this level.