By Siddharth Cavale
President Donald Trump is not interested in returning to terms of a memorandum of understanding reached with Iran in June. Both benchmarks rebounded after three sessions of losses as investors reassessed expectations of a diplomatic breakthrough that could boost oil flows from the Middle East. Qatar’s prime minister visited Tehran in a bid to relaunch diplomatic talks to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, on the eve of its six-month anniversary.
NEW YORK, – Brent crude prices jumped by more than $2 a barrel on Thursday, after a Wall Street Journal report said U.S.
The report, citing people familiar with the matter, said the Trump administration has repeatedly told mediators it has no interest in reviving the June agreement, complicating a flurry of diplomatic efforts this week to restart talks. A lack of progress in talks, combined with continually restricted flows, could have prompted an adjustment of market views, UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo said. The White House said no negotiations are happening between the U.S. and Iran, but all options remain on the table. On Monday, the U.S. announced the “toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, taking economic measures that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent suggested would lessen the need for new major military operations.
Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee, said the sanctions were an “inhumane and hostile act” which nonetheless had lost their effectiveness.
