We're Hearing from Iran's New Supreme Leader for the First Time
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What statements did Iran's new supreme leader make?
We're hearing from Iran's new supreme leader for the first time. I'm Dave Anthony. It's a statement he wrote that an anchor read on Iran State TV. Vowing Iran will have revenge for atrocities and not refrain. Also vowing to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, halting oil shipping until the war is over.
Now, Iran's new supreme leader in this statement goes on to say all U.S. bases should immediately be closed in the region and those bases will be attacked. He calls on unity among the people of Iran.
Mustafa Khamenei has not been seen in public yet. He took over just days ago, replacing his father.
Remember, Iran's former supreme leader was taken out in the opening strikes of Operation Epic Fury when this war began. And in those opening strikes, Mushtaba Khamenei's wife, mother, and one son were also killed.
That's Fox's Trey Engst in Tel Aviv, as Israel was targeted again overnight by Iranian missiles and rockets fired from Hezbollah in Lebanon. It's now day 13 of Operation Epic Fury, and with Iran a continuing counterattack, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
Mike Waltz just told Fox... The Iranian strategy of sowing chaos, shooting in all directions, hitting its Gulf neighbors, even hitting countries as far away as Turkey and Azerbaijan is absolutely backfiring. The day after the U.N. Security Council approved an anti-Iran resolution.
How has the Iranian leadership changed recently?
All of the GCC countries. led by Bahrain, uniformly and publicly denounced Iran.
Iran has bombed two oil tankers today off the Iraq coast and other cargo ships in the region and set fire to a fuel storage site in Oman. So there is a big stock market sell-off right now, and oil prices are spiking up another 7%. President Trump just posted on Truth Social, when those oil prices rise, we make a lot of money. But a far greater interest and importance is stopping an evil empire, Iran, from having nuclear weapons and destroying the Middle East. The president told reporters last night.
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Now to Wall Street, where there is a sell-off that was brewing even before we got that statement a short time ago from Iran's Supreme Leader, the Dow, plunging 492 points. The Nasdaq is dropping 260. The S&P 500 is down 60 points. As for those oil prices, WTI, which we track daily, it's almost 95 bucks a barrel. Brent crude is back up to 99, despite that big release of oil from reserves around the world.
The U.S. and 31 other countries are releasing millions of barrels of oil from their emergency reserves. The U.S.
What impact does Iran's strategy have on regional stability?
part of that 172 million barrels, 400 million barrels will be released overall. With the U.S. part, it's 41% of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Fox Business Network's Edward Lawrence at the White House. The Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve will happen over a four-month period.
At the gas pump, another two-cent rise today, putting AAA's national average for regular at $3.59 per gallon, 61 cents higher than when the conflict started. Diesel is even pricier, now at $4.86 a gallon. We got this update to the economy this morning.
Fewer people signed up for unemployment benefits in the week ending March 7th. New claims declined by 1,000 to 213,000. Economists were expecting a slight increase to 215,000. And those remaining on benefits also declined in the week ending February 28th to 1.85 million in the range economists were predicting. The Federal Reserve meets next week. It is watching any impact of higher oil prices and whether the job market is softening as it decides whether to lower interest rates. Jenny Kosola, Fox News.
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