Iran
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August 10, 2018
A price war is brewing between top oil producers in the Middle East, and the U.S. may be at the heart of it.
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August 09, 2018
One of Iran’s biggest oil customers is buying more U.S. crude as President Donald Trump sticks to his pledge to squeeze the Persian Gulf nation’s energy trade.
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August 08, 2018
It is still nearly three months until U.S. sanctions on Iran’s oil exports snap back into force, but they are already having a big impact on the Persian Gulf country’s trade.
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August 06, 2018
The Trump administration will consider partial exemptions from oil sanctions against Iran for some countries as a first wave of non-oil penalties against the Islamic Republic go into effect on Tuesday.
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August 06, 2018
In three months’, U.S. sanctions on Iran could drive the Persian Gulf nation’s exports down toward zero and upend the global oil market.
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August 03, 2018
The U.S. has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, dealing a blow to Trump’s efforts to isolate the country after his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord.
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July 23, 2018
The war of words between U.S. President Trump and his counterpart in Iran over oil exports and sanctions is shining a spotlight on the conduit for about 30% of the world’s seaborne-traded crude.
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July 23, 2018
Oil rose to $69/bbl as flaring tensions between the U.S. and Iran countered growing concerns that trade protectionism will harm economic growth.
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July 22, 2018
Iran’s president warned his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump not to threaten the Persian Gulf nation’s oil exports and called for improved relations with its neighbors, including arch-rival Saudi Arabia.
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July 20, 2018
Under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia has rushed to boost oil production -- only to discover that global markets might not yet need it.
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July 18, 2018
The U.S. embargo on Iranian oil shipments has put Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a quandary. If he plays along, India will side with President Trump on trade, but lose cheap supplies and foreign exchange.
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July 16, 2018
A senior Iranian oil official urged U.S. President Donald Trump not to use the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to push prices lower, and instead drop sanctions on Iran’s crude exports.
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July 13, 2018
Iran said Russia is ready to invest as much as $50 billion in its oil industry even as Western majors are pulling out of deals with the republic amid the threat of U.S. sanctions.
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July 11, 2018
U.S. government teams spent three days in Saudi Arabia discussing ways to cut off money flows to Iran without disrupting energy markets.
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July 10, 2018
Iranian oil shipments to some U.S. allies are being threatened even before America’s Nov. 4 deadline for buyers to curb imports and comply with renewed sanctions on the OPEC member.
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July 05, 2018
The Islamic Republic’s OPEC governor, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, said tweets by Iran’s nemesis in the White House are backfiring, by sending prices higher, and undermining U.S. allies.
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July 05, 2018
Iran will stop oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint, if the U.S. succeeds in halting crude sales from the Persian Gulf nation, a Revolutionary Guards official said.
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July 04, 2018
Iran said it’s open to resuming barter payments for oil as U.S. sanctions threaten its access to the global financial system, reviving a method used during a previous wave of sanctions earlier this decade.
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July 02, 2018
One of Iran’s biggest oil buyers said it has enough alternative sources of crude to replace any supplies cut off by U.S. sanctions on the Persian Gulf state -- even if shipments stop completely.
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June 29, 2018
Iran’s position in the oil market is looking weaker than ever as a bruising OPEC meeting and tightening net of U.S. sanctions leave it with fewer friends and fleeing customers.
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June 28, 2018
One unintended consequence of Donald Trump’s plan to choke off Iran’s oil exports could be renewed pain at the pump for millions of Americans, a risky political prospect with mid-term elections just months away.
