{"id":424,"date":"2026-05-25T03:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asianewscast.com\/2026\/05\/25\/oil-prices-fall-amid-mixed-signals-on-us-iran-peace-deal-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:40:52","slug":"oil-prices-fall-amid-mixed-signals-on-us-iran-peace-deal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=424","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices fall amid mixed signals on US-Iran peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"user-accounts-modal__container hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"user-accounts-modal__container hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"user-accounts-modal__container hidden\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click here to share on social media<\/div>\n<p><title>share-nodes<\/title><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-share__links rich-share__links--row\" data-testid=\"share-links\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__social rich-share__social--row\"><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fgzq1ra\"><title>facebook<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Oil%20prices%20fall%20amid%20mixed%20signals%20on%20US-Iran%20peace%20deal&amp;source=sharethiscom&amp;related=sharethis&amp;via=AJEnglish&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fgzq1ra\"><title>x<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row u-hidden--desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" href=\"\/\/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fgzq1ra\"><title>whatsapp-stroke<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row copylink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Copy link\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/gzq1ra\"><span class=\"copylink__tooltip copylink__tooltip-hidden\"><\/span><title>copylink<\/title><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"article-featured-image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2026-05-22T121323Z_1819482205_RC26ELATGE3R_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-1779670041-e1779693301381.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Hormuz\"><\/div><figcaption>Vessels sail in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on May 22, 2026 [Majid Asgaripou\/West Asia News Agency) via Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Oil prices have fallen sharply amid tentative hopes for a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude, the primary benchmark for global oil prices, fell more than 5 percent on Sunday as US President Donald Trump gave mixed signals on the prospects for a permanent end to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Brent futures for July stood at $97.94 a barrel as of 04:00 GMT, down about 9 percent from a month ago but still up by more than a third compared with before the start of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s benchmark stock index, the Nikkei 225, surged more than 3 percent in morning trading, hitting an all-time high after closing at a record peak on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that negotiations with Tehran were proceeding in an \u201corderly and constructive manner\u201d, but he had instructed officials \u201cnot to rush into a deal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes!\u201d Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s remarks came after he raised hopes for a breakthrough on Saturday by announcing that a deal had been \u201clargely negotiated,\u201d with the terms including the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFundamentally, there is no change to the underlying picture, where 10-11 million barrels per day of crude oil continue to be shut-in for every day the Strait of Hormuz remains shut,\u201d June Goh, a senior oil market analyst at Sparta in Singapore, told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever,\u00a0markets are expecting a gush of 100 million barrels of crude oil from the stranded ships to flow out once the deal is in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goh said markets are likely to remain on edge for some time after any deal is finalised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSparta estimates still about three to six months required to get everything back to status quo, including time to bring production and refineries back online,\u201d Goh said.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has effectively blockaded the strait since the start of the war in late February, disrupting about one-fifth of the global oil trade.<\/p>\n<p>The US has imposed its own blockade of Iranian ports since mid-April, further disrupting commercial shipping in the waterway.<\/p>\n<p>In his Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump said the US blockade would remain \u201cin full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Vessels sail in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on May 22, 2026 [Majid Asgaripou\/West Asia News Agency) via Reuters] Oil prices have fallen sharply amid tentative hopes for a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran. 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