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Iran launched a second round of attacks, Iran warned the United States not to retaliate against the

On the morning of January 8, Beijing time, according to the Russian satellite network, the US Air Force Base in Iraq was attacked by rockets. Agence France Presse reported that nine rockets attacked the base. According to the report, the base is located in western Iraq and is the base of U.S. and coalition forces.

The guardian quoted Iran's Tasnim news agency as saying that the second wave of rocket attacks against Iraq's Assad air force base has begun.

According to CNN, US Secretary of state pompeio and US Defense Secretary esper rushed to the White House. Prior to this, the White House confirmed that US President trump had listened to the report on the "attack on the Assad air base of the US military in Iraq" and was closely following the development of the situation, while urgently consulting with members of his national security team.

CNN reported that White House press secretary Stephanie & middot; According to Grisham, trump has been briefed on the attack on the US air base in Iraq. The Associated Press quoted the Islamic Republic of Iran News Agency (IRNA) as saying that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned the United States and its regional allies not to retaliate against the missile attack in Iraq.

Extended reading: the tension between the United States and Iran triggered fluctuations in the gold market

Since the US launched an air raid to kill Iranian general Sulaimani on March 3, the security situation in the Middle East has become highly tense, and this tension has also triggered violent fluctuations in the Middle East gold market.

On January 7, us time, the increase of spot gold expanded to 1.66%, breaking the $1600 / ounce mark for the first time since April 2013.

On the day Sulaimani was killed on the 3rd of this month, the price of 22K gold in Dubai quickly jumped to 176.5 dirhams per gram, a new high since January 2018. On the 4th, it rose to 179 dirhams per gram, about 338 yuan. The price of a processed gold jewelry soared by hundreds of dirhams in just a few days.

Abdullah is the chairman of the local industry organization 'Dubai Gold Jewelry Group'. His family has operated gold for more than 100 years. Abdullah also expressed his views on the current situation.

Abdullah, chairman of Dubai Gold Jewelry Group: now people feel very nervous. Every day you open the news, you will see all kinds of speculation about the war between the United States and Iraq. This is bound to exacerbate tension. In this case, the first reaction of many people is to step up buying gold, so there have been huge fluctuations in the gold market. I think this fluctuation will continue for some time.

Source: comprehensive global network CCTV news