🇴🇲🇮🇷 Oman just said no to Iran’s Strait of Hormuz money plan.
Iran wanted Oman to join a system where commercial ships could pay fees for environmental and security services while passing through the strait.
And Iran’s IRGC actually announced last week that the two countries had already agreed on how to split the money.
Turns out, not quite. Now a high-ranking regional official says Oman declined the proposal, even if the fees were voluntary.
That also keeps Muscat out of a pretty nasty fight with Trump, who has twice threatened to bomb Oman if it helped Iran effectively put tolls on the strait.
So Iran announced the deal, and Oman basically went: deal? What deal?
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Iran fighting pushed oil higher for two weeks straight, but this week it finally hit a wall...
Brent climbed from the mid-$80s to nearly $97 as the U.S. and Iran kept trading blows around the Strait of Hormuz.
Then something pretty important happened: the ships kept moving.
A U.S. official said around 40 ships passed through the strait yesterday carrying millions of barrels of oil, even as missiles and drones were flying around.
And it was a pretty heavy night...
The U.S. hit around 100 targets across Iran, including two government tankers under Trump’s new “tanker for tanker” policy, with drones striking their engine rooms.
Iran fired back with around 25 ballistic missiles and drones aimed at U.S. bases, but most were intercepted or landed without casualties.
Once traders saw the oil was still flowing, some of the panic disappeared. Brent slipped from nearly $97 back below $95.
Nobody’s calling this calm though. European gas just hit a 3-year high and Europe is already worrying about another inflation hit.
Oil is still flowing, and for now, that seems to be keeping the panic in check.