The U.S. reported new strikes against Iran. Brent crude jumped 5%.

The U.S. began striking targets belonging to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday, September 1, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on the social media platform X.

The strikes began around 6:00 p.m. CET. They followed Iran’s attempts to attack commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. personnel in the region, according to CENTCOM. “Large-scale and powerful” strikes were in response to Iran’s failed attempts to lay sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz and the eight missiles Iran fired at a U.S. military base in Jordan, U.S. President Donald Trump said on the social media platform Truth Social. According to Trump, there are currently no mines in the Strait of Hormuz: they either detonated or were removed. Trump warned that in the event of further attacks by Iran, the U.S. would strike back “much harder.”

The Iranian news agency Fars quoted a representative of the IRGC as saying that the U.S. "will regret its new attacks," according to Reuters.

Against this backdrop, Brent crude oil futures accelerated their rise: at their peak, they gained about 5%, with the price exceeding $95 per barrel, even though it had fallen below $91 per barrel earlier in the day. Major U.S. stock indexes fell during Tuesday’s trading session: the S&P 500 lost about 0.7%, the Nasdaq Composite fell 1%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8%.

The U.S. resumed strikes against Iran on August 30 after a hiatus in hostilities lasting about a month. On August 31, the United Arab Emirates announced that it had repelled an attack by Iran: The UAE Air Force “responded to a drone approaching from Iran.” On September 1, Bloomberg reported that projectiles of unknown origin struck two oil supertankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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