Oil Markets Open Flat as Trump Iran Threats and Hormuz Rhetoric Weigh

🛢️ MARKETS — Brent flat after MOU expiry, but analyst calm usually precedes repricing. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With no framework replacing the expired MOU, markets expected volatility — the stillness is the signal. Traders are holding positions pending Washington's next move, not pricing in resolution. If Trump escalates sanctions or formalizes Hormuz rhetoric into policy, the flat open becomes the last quiet moment before a sharp leg up.

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Iranian MPs Prepare Bill to Exit NPT and Test a Nuclear Weapon

☢️ TEHRAN — Parliament moves toward NPT exit days after the IAEA referral that made it inevitable. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: The IAEA Board's UN Security Council referral handed Tehran's hardliners the domestic justification they needed. A "triple urgency" bill signals parliamentary consensus-building, not a lone voice.

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UKMTO Warns Ships After Vessel Struck by Projectile in Hormuz Strait

⚓ HORMUZ — UKMTO confirms a vessel struck; nobody's claiming it yet. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: UKMTO-verified means this isn't a rumor — a vessel was struck inside the strait, not boarded, not rerouted. Three ships were already disabled enforcing blockade compliance; a projectile hit escalates that to lethal interdiction.

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Iran Military Chiefs Warn US and Israel of Swift Response to Any Aggression

🎖️ TEHRAN — A "swift, strong response" threat lands the day before Monday's Oman forum. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Iran's military chiefs signaling publicly before Muscat is a deterrence move timed to constrain US options at the table. Tehran already ruled out a Hormuz deal; now it'

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Houthis Launch Missile and Drone Strike on Saudi Military Base in Sharurah

💥 SHARURAH — Houthis strike a Saudi base Riyadh won't officially admit it's defending. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Sharurah hosts Saudi air defense assets near the Yemen border — a direct hit tests Riyadh's undeclared war posture. Running 129 airstrikes without acknowledgment, a confirmed base strike forces a public

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Iranian MPs Prepare Bill to Exit NPT and Test a Nuclear Weapon

UKMTO Warns Ships After Vessel Struck by Projectile in Hormuz Strait

Iran Military Chiefs Warn US and Israel of Swift Response to Any Aggression

Houthis Launch Missile and Drone Strike on Saudi Military Base in Sharurah