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Futures Tumble, Oil And Gold Soar On Reports Of "Huge Explosions" In Central Iran, Israeli Airstrikes In Iraq And Syria

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SUMMARY:

  • Three large explosions heard in Isfahan south of Tehran, US officials confirm.
  • The Natanz nuclear facility is located in Isfahan.
  • Unconfirmed simultaneous explosions have also been reported in Syria and Iraq (Baghdad and Babil/Babylon province).
  • Iran has established a no-fly-zone over its western region.
  • Market reaction very strong: oil & gold soaring; TSY yields, crypto, and stocks tumbling.
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.

  • IRANIAN MEDIA CONFIRMS AN ISRAELI ATTACK ON IRANIAN TERRITORY
  • IRANIAN STATE MEDIA IS REPORTING THAT TONIGHT’S AIRSTRIKE BY THE ISRAEL AIR FORCE MAY HAVE TARGETED THE 8TH TACTICAL AIRBASE OF THE IRANIAN AIR FORCE, WITHIN ISFAHAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH CONTAINS MULTIPLE SQUADRONS OF F-14 “TOMCAT” FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.
  • ABC NEWS REPORTS THAT ISRAELI MISSILES HIT A SITE IN IRAN
  • IRAN STATE MEDIA SAYS 'NO FLY ZONE' ESTABLISHED OVER WESTERN REGION
  • IRANIAN MEDIA: 3 HUGE EXPLOSIONS WERE HEARD IN ISFAHAN, SOUTH OF TEHRAN
  • JERUSALEM POST: SIMULTANEOUS EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN IRAN, SYRIA, AND IRAQ ACCORDING TO INITIAL REPORTS
  • IRAN'S FARS NEWS AGENCY SAYS EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN CENTRAL ISFAHAN AIRPORT, REASON UNKNOWN
  • ISRAELI MISSILES HIT IRAN SITE, US OFFICIAL SAYS: ABC

More: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/f...ge-explosions-central-iran-israeli-airstrikes
 
Blind Freddy could see this happening. Shit hit the fan time in the middle east, and oil prices through the roof. A big popcorn moment in the making.
 
the news is not right, very much doubt the reporting vs conditions on the ground
20 reasons for gold to go up, video by golden jackass is much more solid
 
Did Israel really strike Iran on April 19? While the April 19 attack on Iran was quickly attributed to Israel by the media, it is not immediately clear who carried out this strike, argues political analyst Alexander Kargin, an expert on Israel and the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region. Israel and Iran haven't confirmed the Jewish state was behind the attack, which is described as a drone strike on an Iranian airbase. If the attack was indeed an Israeli reprisal, then Tel Aviv probably should have claimed responsibility, as is commonly done during such retaliations “of a public nature,” Kargin remarked. Iran has also so far refrained from accusing Israel, which is rather “symptomatic” given that Tehran is prone to see “the Zionists’ hand” behind a lot of things, he added. If the strike on Iran was Israel’s doing, then it appears that Tel Aviv opted not to carry out any serious retaliation for the April 14 missile attack, Kargin said, noting that the damage done to Iran appears to be minimal.
“I cannot rule out the possibility of Israel saying that it wasn’t their doing and blaming it on some local forces, because the attack was very weak,” he said. “It seems that the strike was weak, and no meaningful damage was dealt to the Iranians.”
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There is also a possibility that Israel agreed to tone down its response to Iran in exchange for some kind of preferences from the US, Kargin mused. For example, Tel Aviv might have agreed to refrain from launching a full-scale retaliation against Iran, which would have likely triggered a serious escalation in the Middle East, in exchange for the US to stop opposing Israel’s military operation in the city of Rafah, a densely packed refugee enclave in the Gaza Strip, he suggested.
“I repeat, we should wait until the situation becomes clear. But apparently, it all came down to Israel getting something from the US and performing such a pinpoint strike on Iran in return.”
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