On Tuesday, the price of Brent crude oil for June delivery rose by nearly three percent to exceed $111 per barrel in early European trading, marking the seventh consecutive day of increases amid uncertainties over Iran-U.S. negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Stock values declined in many Asian financial markets on the same day due to concerns over the economic impact of the strait's closure.
The White House is reviewing Iran's latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran asserts that Washington is no longer in a position to dictate policy to other nations.
Bahrain's Public Prosecution Office announced life imprisonment sentences for two Afghan nationals and three Bahraini citizens in two separate espionage cases related to collaboration with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to carry out hostile and terrorist acts against Bahrain. Bahrain designated the IRGC as a terrorist organization in 2018.
On April 25, the 142-meter yacht Nord, owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov, sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and headed to Oman. Mordashov, the owner of Russian mining company Severstal and considered Russia’s richest man by Forbes, is under sanctions from the United States, the EU, and the UK.
توقف مذاکرات بین ایالات متحده و ایران و بسته ماندن تنگه هرمز، روز گذشته و امروز سه شنبه، باعث جهشهای چشمگیر در بهای نفت خام و افت و ریزش در نرخ طلا شد. بیشتر بخوانید: iranwire.com/fa/news-1/1517…
