Price of oil hits $116 a barrel after Trump says he wants to ‘take the oil in Iran’
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“The price of oil has risen sharply to $116 a barrel after Donald Trump said he wanted to 'take the oil in Iran', sending Asian stock markets tumbling.”
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Wikipedia evidence references 2025 US-Iran military actions and negotiations but contains no data about oil prices, stock market movements, or Trump's comments on Iranian oil. No direct correlation exists between the cited events and the claim's specifics.
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— On June 22, 2025, the United States Air Force and Navy attacked three nuclear facilities in Iran as part of the Twelve-Day War, under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. The Fordow Uranium Enrich…
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— On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from U.S. president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader …
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— Relations between Iran and the United States during Donald Trump's second term as the president of the United States (2025–present) were shaped by diplomatic pressure and military conflict. In Februar…
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“Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, rose by 2% in early trading on Monday, after Trump said that he could seize the Iranian export hub of Kharg Island.”
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“In Asia, where economies are highly exposed to the shortage in oil and gas coming out of the Gulf, stock markets dropped sharply. Japan’s Nikkei dropped by 3%, while the South Korean Kospi fell 3.4%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed about 1%.”
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— Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan (日本国憲法第9条, Nihon koku kenpō dai kyū-jō) is a clause in the Constitution of Japan outlawing war as a means to settle international disputes involving the state. T…
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— The Japanese diaspora and its individual members, known as Nikkei (Japanese: 日系, IPA: [ɲikkeː]) or as Nikkeijin (Japanese: 日系人, IPA: [ɲikkeꜜːʑiɴ]), comprise the Japanese emigrants from Japan (and thei…
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— South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms. South Asia, with a population of 2.04 billion, contains a quarter (25%) of the world's popu…
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“Investors are growing increasingly nervous as the conflict in the Middle East has escalated in recent days as a further 3,500 US troops have arrived in the Middle East.”
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“Houthi rebels in Yemen have now also entered the conflict, firing ballistic missiles at Israeli sites, in a dangerous spread of the war that could also worsen the global energy crisis.”
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“The war in the Middle East has ramped up oil prices to historic levels, with Brent crude now on track for its biggest monthly gain ever – up more than 50% since the start of March – beating the previous record of 46% in September 1990 after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.”
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“Brent traded as high as $119.50 a barrel during March, its highest level since June 2022, after Iran all but closed the strait of Hormuz.”
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“Industry figures have warned that there could be 'temporary shortages' at petrol pumps in the UK, as supplies are squeezed by the conflict in the Middle East, which has already driven up average petrol prices to above 150p a litre.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to corroborate claims about UK petrol price surges and fuel shortages linked to Middle East conflict.
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