On the night of March 12, two oil tankers were attacked near the Iraqi city of Basra. The Iraqi authorities stated that 38 people were rescued from the tankers on which the fire broke out, and one crew member was killed, BBC News reported.
According to preliminary data, they write CNN and ReutersThe tankers attacked the bombed boats.
Following the attack, believed to have been carried out by Iran, Iraqi oil terminals suspended operations.
Amid attacks on ships carrying oil during stock trading on the morning of March 12, oil prices rose again to $100 a barrel, despite the International Energy Agency’s decision to release the largest amount of the government’s oil reserves – 400 million barrels.
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said He writes BBC News said that “it will not be possible to contain the rise in oil prices artificially,” and warned of the need to prepare for “$200 a barrel.”