Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim to have downed US MQ-9 drone over Persian Gulf

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claim to have downed a US MQ-9 drone over the Persian Gulf and executed a missile strike on a US base in Jordan. These escalating US-Iran tensions risk destabilizing global markets, specifically impacting energy supplies, inflation, and worldwide monetary policies. Such geopolitical risks highlight the vulnerability of leveraged financial positions as the wider Gulf escalation continues to create significant instability across international markets and influence global economic conditions.