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Oil Prices Fall Sharply on News of Possible Iran Deal
Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after American officials said the United States and Iran had agreed in principle to a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital trading route for oil and natural gas that normally carries up to one-fifth of the world’s oil supply. But final approval of a deal could take a while.
President Trump vowed on Monday that either a deal would be “great and meaningful” or “there will be no deal.” Esmaeil Baghaei, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said on Monday that “no one can claim that the signing of an agreement is imminent,” according to Iran’s state broadcaster. Iran’s top negotiators, led by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Parliament, arrived in Qatar on Monday for further talks, Iranian state media said.