{"id":21070,"date":"2026-03-12T09:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/?p=21070"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:12:40","slug":"trumps-iran-war-becomes-an-oil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluewire.news\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/12\/trumps-iran-war-becomes-an-oil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Iran War Becomes an Oil War"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>But Trump said we’d opened the Strait of Hormuz! What a surprise \u2013 that was a lie too\u2026<\/p>\n

PBS: Iran targets ships in Strait of Hormuz, raising global energy fears – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reuters: Oil Tankers Burn Near Iraq As Iranian Strikes Defy Trump’s Claim To Have ‘Won’ The War – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WaPo: Defense Department confirms Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BBC: Iran’s new supreme leader vows to keep blocking Strait of Hormuz in first statement released by regime – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reuters: U.S. Intelligence Says Iran Government Is Not At Risk Of Collapse, Say Sources – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NBC: Iran appears to have conducted a significant cyberattack against a U.S. company, a first since the war started – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DW: Oil prices spike as Iran steps up tanker attacks – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

PBS: U.S. to release 172 million barrels of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve as prices surge – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meidas: One Week of War in Iran Cost the U.S. $11.3 Billion – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Al Jaxzeera: Iran declares US-Israeli economic, banking interests in region are targets – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Metro: Luxury apartment block in Dubai hit by Iranian drone – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NY Times<\/em>: War Has Sent Thousands of Planes Flying in the Other Direction – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Straits Times<\/em>: Israel army hits site it claims Iran used for developing nuclear weapons – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guardian<\/em>: \u2018America\u2019s mortal enemy\u2019: Pete Hegseth expressed extreme antipathy toward Iran for years – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reuters: Oil tankers burn near Iraq as Iranian strikes defy Trump’s claim to have won the war – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guardian<\/em>: Dismay as ancient heritage sites across Iran damaged in US-Israel bombing – read it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DEVELOPING\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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