Oil prices are skyrocketing on Friday morning. At 8:57 am, Brent rose 2.93% to $ 68.19. WTI climbed 2.80% to trade at $ 62.89. Earlier growth black gold exceeded 4%. A prerequisite for such dynamics was information about that as a result of the blow inflicted by the American armed forces, an Iranian general was killed. Missile the blow was struck at the airport located in Baghdad, the United States authorities officially recognized involvement in it. General Qasim Soleimani headed a special unit that is part of the elite Iranian military-political formation. One of the directions unit is to carry out sabotage outside Iran, it is directly subordinate to the Iranian head the state. Last year, the United States Secretary of State States Mark Pompeo ranked the general as a terrorist. An assault attempt was made before the attack on the airport in Iraq the American embassy by the Shiite group.