Brent nears $100 as U.S.-Iran tensions flare in Middle East
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Escalating U.S.-Iran military clashes and reported strikes on Iranian oil tankers materially increase Middle East supply disruption risk. Iran's warnings to shipping near Kuwait and Bahrain add a transport security premium, while missile activity broadens regional tail-risk. Brent and WTI reacted immediately, with Brent briefly nearing $100 and settling near $98, tightening energy conditions and raising cross-asset inflation sensitivity.
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Sept. 9 — U.S.-Iran tensions escalated after U.S. officials said American forces carried out a fresh strike Tuesday on an Iranian oil tanker, describing the action as a direct response to recent attacks by Tehran on U.S. warships in the Middle East, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Washington said its forces have destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers. U.S. officials also said Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired two ballistic-missile salvos at a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days. The vessel evaded the attacks, continued patrols in regional waters, and no U.S. personnel were injured.
Iran warned that, in response to U.S. strikes on several Iranian tankers, it would issue alerts to all tankers docked or anchored at ports and anchorage areas in Kuwait and Bahrain, ordering crews to evacuate immediately and saying the ships would become targets.
In follow-on retaliation, Iranian missiles hit U.S. targets in Jordan. Jordan said Iran fired 20 ballistic missiles into its territory.
Oil prices climbed on the developments. Brent crude futures rose to their highest level since late July, settling near $98 a barrel after briefly trading close to $100. WTI crude futures ended near $93 a barrel, the highest since early June.
