Oil prices surged Monday after President Trump rejected Iran’s Strait of Hormuz proposal, with Brent crude touching $108.48 intraday before settling at $105.28 as equities slid and Treasury yields rose.
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Trump Rejects Iran’s Hormuz Offer as Brent Crude Tops $107
President Trump dismissed Tehran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days in exchange for sanctions relief, sending Brent crude above $107 a barrel in Monday trading.
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Iran Says Hormuz Shipping Deal With Oman Is Days Away
Iran says a Hormuz corridor deal with Oman is days away—the first structured sea lane since US strikes effectively closed the strait in late February 2026.
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Brent Crude Surges to $95 as Renewed US-Iran Strikes and Mine Reports Rattle Oil Markets
Brent crude rose roughly 5% to $94.86 a barrel on September 2, its highest since late July, after the US military launched fresh strikes around the Strait of Hormuz following alleged Iranian mine-laying.
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Iran Claims US Strike Hit a Wedding in Kuhestak as CENTCOM Launches New Hormuz Barrage
Iranian state media says a US airstrike killed at least four people at a wedding celebration in Kuhestak, Sirik County; US Central Command says it is reviewing the reports.
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US Strikes Iranian Rocket Launchers on Larak Island as IRGC Fires Back
American forces destroyed two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island on August 31, the first US strike in the strait in nearly a month, drawing IRGC missile salvos at air bases in Jordan and the UAE.
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Iran’s IRGC and US Naval Blockade Lock Into Stalemate Over the Strait
With the Islamabad Memorandum’s 60-day window elapsed, Iran’s IRGC is asserting Strait of Hormuz control while Washington enforces its naval blockade and Tehran refuses new sanctions terms.
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Iran Declares Fully Offensive Military Stance as 60-Day Ceasefire Expires
Iran declared a fully offensive military posture after its 60-day US ceasefire expired, demanding sanctions relief and an end to Washington’s naval blockade.
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Iran and Oman Fix Hormuz Coordinates but Tehran Demands More From Washington
Iran and Oman agreed on geographic coordinates for Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes, but Tehran says the deal alone cannot reopen the waterway without further US concessions.
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Brent Rises Above $84 as Iran Demands Sanctions Relief Before Hormuz Can Reopen
Brent crude climbed past $84 a barrel on August 10 as Iran’s foreign minister ruled out any Strait of Hormuz deal without US sanctions relief and war reparations, keeping a risk premium in oil prices.