Global Oil Prices Rise as Fresh U.S. Strikes on Iran Cast Shadow Over Trump's Promised Peace Deal
The fresh strikes from the U.S., and the warning Iran issued in return, have brought renewed instability to the markets.

Oil prices plunged to $89 a barrel Wednesday following reports that the proposed Iran-US peace deal would see the Strait of Hormuz being reopened in just one month.
The fresh strikes from the U.S., and the warning Iran issued in return, have brought renewed instability to the markets.
The US denied an Iranian state television report on a draft interim peace deal that said maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz could return to normal within a month of it coming into effect.
The Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned an Iranian agency attempting to control the Strait of Hormuz. In a release, the department said the Persian Gulf Strait Authority (PGSA) — which the Iranian government formed earlier this month to manage the passageway — is a “new attempt by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to monetize…