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It's unclear how long the disruptions will last.
Oil traders are preparing for potentially major swings in prices when markets open this coming week.
On Friday, Brent crude closed at a seven-month high of $72.87 on fears of a war with Iran.
And now that fighting has begun, it's unclear what will happen with prices.
Analysts say prices could calm down, though, if shipping lanes remain open.
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
Iran's state media is confirming that the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died in the U.S.-Israeli strikes on that country.
His daughter and grandchild were also killed.
As NPR's Jackie Northam reports, Khamenei was a hardline leader who oversaw the violent suppression of dissent in Iran.
strikes on Iran have sprung up across the U.S.
In Los Angeles, protesters gathered outside City Hall to protest the Trump administration.
But near the Wilshire Federal Building in L.A.
's Westwood neighborhood, a different protest took place.
Iranian-Americans celebrated the strikes.
Among them was Michael Razapour.
As expected, international response to the attacks has been mixed.
China says it's highly concerned by the strikes and is calling for them to end.
Germany, France and Britain urged the U.S.