{"id":77141,"date":"2026-08-14T18:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/14\/crude-oil-soars-as-tough-stances-by-u-s-iran-delays-strait-of-hormuz-reopening\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:47:06","slug":"crude-oil-soars-as-tough-stances-by-u-s-iran-delays-strait-of-hormuz-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/14\/crude-oil-soars-as-tough-stances-by-u-s-iran-delays-strait-of-hormuz-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude Oil Soars As Tough Stances By U.S., Iran Delays Strait Of Hormuz Reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Crude oil prices have surged on Friday, partially offsetting the slump seen in the previous session, as the U.S. and Iran remain unrelenting on their demands, leaving the Strait of Hormuz shut for shipping traffic.<\/p>\n<p>WTI Crude Oil for September month delivery was last seen trading up by $1.05 (or 1.29%) at $82.30 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">Last week, after announcing that the U.S. is low-keying in dealing with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he preferred to force Iran to concede to U.S. demands by exerting economic pressure rather than pursuing military offensives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall-wrapper\">\n<p><i class=\"bi bi-lock-fill\"\/> Subscribe to continue reading the article.<\/p>\n<p>This article is available exclusively to RTT Biotech Investor and Intelligent Investor subscribers. Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Start Free Trial<\/p>\n<p>FREE 7-Day Trial &#8211; No Payment Required<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Crude Oil Soars As Tough Stances By U.S., Iran Delays Strait Of Hormuz Reopening<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-08-14 18:47:06<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crude oil prices have surged on Friday, partially offsetting the slump seen in the previous session, as the U.S. and Iran remain unrelenting on their demands, leaving the Strait of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/77142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}