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Oil Shrugs Off Trump’s ‘Toughest Sanctions in History’

Oilprice.com Trade press Published 28th August 2026 Global

What the source reported

Source-reported

Oil holds near $90 despite sweeping Iran sanctions as uncertainty over Hormuz transits keeps markets on edge. Friday, August 28, 2026 The US announcement of ‘toughest sanctions in history’ against Iran did relatively little to push oil prices away from their comfort zone around $90 per barrel (for ICE Brent), with Qatari and Pakistani mediation so far failing to bring the warring sides closer. After President Trump rejected the extension of the June MoU in any form, the on-and-off nature of Hormuz transits will be the main driver of…

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Oilprice.com · Trade Publication
Published
28th August 2026
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oilprice.com

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Commodities & Input Costs
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Global
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28th August 2026 · 18:39

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Significance 3 · Material
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Material (48.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (27.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (45.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

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