On Saturday, September 14, seventeen drones flew into Saudi sovereign territory and hit targets in the Saudi oil fields. The attack that temporarily knocked out 50% of daily Saudi output had Iran's fingerprints all over it. As the largest OPEC producer, the Saudis lost what amounted to around 6% of daily supplies. The price of oil spiked to the upside when the markets opened on Sunday evening, September 15.
The events in mid-September will not be the last word from Iran. After the US walked away from the 2015 nuclear nonproliferation agreement, the tensions in