US President Joe Biden said he was "discussing" possible Israeli strikes on Iranian oil facilities in response to Tehran's missile attack on Tuesday.
This is reported by The Guardian.
So, the publication cited a video story from Faisal Islam of the BBC with the stated statement of Biden:
NEW here are President Biden’s words on “discussing” Iran oil facilities, leaving the White House - caused an oil price spike - he seems to hesitate at the end: pic.twitter.com/WTCqPsDXU2
— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) October 3, 2024
As Islam notes, the US President's comments quickly led to a sharp rise in oil prices. In particular, WTI, the US contract, rose as much as 5% before paring back some of the gains to around USD 73 a barrel, while Brent, the international benchmark, rose about 4% to USD 76.81, AFP reports.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, Biden previously said that he would probably talk to his Israeli counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "relatively soon" after Iran's missile attack on Israel.
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