[MARKET UPDATE] : Crude extends gains and equities fall as US President Trump says the US will probably hit Iran again tonight
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: Crude extends gains and equities fall as US President Trump says the US will probably hit Iran again tonight.
- US President Trump, on Iran, says we may do another operation against Iran; doubts Iran will say ‘let’s get down to business’
- US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack says US could strike Iran as soon as this weekend, AFP reports citing an interview on Israeli radio
- US President Trump says "we could end the Iran war very quickly", adds "do we want to finish it or let it within is the question"
- US Treasury Secretary Bessent posts "... the United States is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it."
- While Washington continues to exert economic pressure on Tehran, an American media report reports that it is considering a scenario of several days of attacks on Iran; a scenario that includes missile, drone, energy and nuclear facilities, ILNA reports
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