IRAN'S ARMED FORCES CHIEF: MILITARY HAS DRAWN UP NEW LIST OF US AND ISRAELI TARGETS, ASSETS ACROSS WIDER AREA

Iran's armed forces chief reportedly stated that the military has compiled a new list of United States and Israeli targets and assets across a wider geographic area, signaling an expansion of potential operational scope. The most direct market transmission channel is geopolitical risk premium, which typically lifts demand for safe-haven assets such as gold, US Treasuries, the Japanese yen, and the Swiss franc while pressuring risk assets exposed to Middle East escalation. Israeli equities and the shekel are the most directly exposed, given the explicit naming of Israel as a target and the potential for elevated defense-spending expectations and capital outflows. Oil markets represent a secondary channel, since any perceived threat to Gulf shipping lanes or regional production can feed into crude price volatility and, through energy costs, into inflation expectations and central bank rate pricing. The next key watch point for traders is any official US or Israeli response, along with movements in Brent crude and the USD/ILS exchange rate in the immediate trading sessions that follow.

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