The price of fossil gas on the Amsterdam Commodity Exchange is also rising - which could result in higher Swedish electricity prices. It is up 2.9 percent to 68.90 euros per megawatt hour - the highest level since the beginning of 2023.
Although the tone between the parties has been threatening recently, no American attacks on Iran have been carried out since late July. However, late Sunday night, the United States attacked two Iranian mine-laying sites on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard subsequently said that it had attacked American targets in Jordan.
