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Trump announced plans to intensify strikes on Iran amid rising regional conflict causing over 2,000 deaths and global energy disruptions, with oil prices up nearly 40%, officials said.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be hitting Iran "very hard over the next week", shortly after issuing a partial 30-day waiver/licence for sanctioned Russian oil at sea.
- Market strain from Strait of Hormuz attacks and rising fuel costs pushed policymakers to act, with average U.S. retail diesel price at $4.89 a gallon and the International Energy Agency citing historic oil supply disruption.
- Security concerns increased after Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz shut while Iran fired missiles at Israel and U.S. forces suffered casualties in Iraq.
- Kyiv and allies reacted sharply as Moscow welcomed the U.S. waiver; Zelenskiy warned it could give Russia $10 billion, and six G7 members criticized it.
- The human and economic toll suggests nearly 2,000 fatalities across Iran, Lebanon and the Gulf, while Benchmark Brent crude remains near $100, up almost 40%.
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Trump says U.S. will hit Iran ‘very hard’ after easing sanctions on Russian oil | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
DUBAI/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM >> President Donald Trump said the U.S. was going to be hitting Iran “very hard over the next week,” shortly after issuing a partial 30-day waiver for purchases of sanctioned Russian oil, hoping to ease prices fuelled by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
US President Donald Trump has threatened a major attack on Iran within the next week. Prior to this, he had issued a partial 30-day moratorium on Russian oil purchases to control rising oil prices. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz, which is driving up oil prices and Trump's irritation.
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