Exclusive: US carries out new strikes in Iran against military site, official says - Reuters
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The story
The US has carried out new strikes against a military site in Iran, marking a significant escalation in direct military engagement between the two countries. This creates an immediate risk-off impulse across markets — oil spike, defense sector bid, safe-haven flows into gold and Treasuries, and broad equity futures pressure.
The case — both sides
The house read
Buy USO and GLD as geopolitical risk premium reprices; pair against short SPY into the open — US strikes on Iranian military site is a genuine escalation, not a headline drill.
Wrong ifRapid diplomatic de-escalation or a statement that strikes were pre-agreed/limited in scope would quickly reverse the risk premium; no enrichment data available to tighten conviction on any single name.
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