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News & Current Events Apr 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM

Oil prices rise as concerns grow over 'fragile' US-Iran ceasefire

Posted by Stephanie_Hodge

Petrol and diesel prices continue to rise as concerns grow over US-Iran ceasefire
www.bbc.com
Petrol and diesel prices continue to rise as concerns grow over US-Iran ceasefire
Motoring groups have warned drivers not to expect a significant drop in costs soon.
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Niceromancer Apr 9, 2026 +467
The ceasire that was broken in 12 hours by Israel.
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Thatsockmonkey Apr 9, 2026 +125
But DUI hire Hegseth was on TV saying the US had complete and total victory??
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RG_Kid Apr 9, 2026 +39
How many times have they declared victory? I lost count by now
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calmdownmyguy Apr 9, 2026 +13
Including the complete and total victory 7 month ago?
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alexefi Apr 9, 2026 +4
how many times it takes to get peace price for ending wars.
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AccomplishedPath4049 Apr 9, 2026 +2
"Mission accomplished!"
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No_Newspaper8 Apr 9, 2026 +1
Sees fire. No, more wars!
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Prize-Reception-812 Apr 9, 2026 +14
Was it even that long?
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asssoaka Apr 9, 2026 +37
No fuckin' way! That's totally unprecedented! I'm riveted and shocked.
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marshalist Apr 9, 2026 +4
Yes they were quick about it this instance.
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SwissChzMcGeez Apr 9, 2026 +18
Shut up and send Israel your taxes.
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twbassist Apr 9, 2026 +6
Right? I assumed this was from midday yesterday, but nope, like an hour ago. 
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Future-Excuse6167 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Israel, aka, the country behind every passive verb in a headline. 
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thicketofrepudiation Apr 9, 2026 +3
That's the brilliance of it all! The ceasefire never existed anyways!
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ERedfieldh Apr 9, 2026 +1
Not even 12 hours.
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ItsMeTrey Apr 9, 2026 -57
That's quite a blatant lie. Israel has not attacked Iran since the ceasefire.
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TheShishkabob Apr 9, 2026 +31
Lebanon is included in the ceasefire agreement and Israel has continued to bomb them.
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ItsMeTrey Apr 9, 2026 -40
No it is not. Iran supposedly proposed a plan with such a term, but the US did not agree to that plan. There has been no actual long-term agreement yet, beyond the US and Iran agreeing to a 2 week ceasefire while they negotiate terms for a more permanent solution. Those negotiations begin as early as this Friday.
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TheShishkabob Apr 9, 2026 +31
>No it is not. Yes it is. This isn't up for debate nor is it contingent on your opinion. >Iran supposedly proposed a plan with such a term, but the US did not agree to that plan. Yes they did and yes they did. It was part of the terms of the ceasefire brokered through Pakistan. >There has been no actual long-term agreement yet, beyond the US and Iran agreeing to a 2 week ceasefire while they negotiate terms for a more permanent solution. This is entirely untrue. >Those negotiations begin as early as this Friday. The ceasefire already both began and ended due to Israel's continued attacks on Lebanon. You can't just say you're right and ignore the agreements made between these nations. Iran sure as f*** didn't what with the Straight of Hormuz being closed again because of this.
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ItsMeTrey Apr 9, 2026 -36
Okay then, show me the terms of the agreement that has been agreed to by both sides. Good luck.
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TheShishkabob Apr 9, 2026 +30
It's f****** hilarious that you'll say this but not bring the terms as you know them to the table. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/07/world/iran-war-trump-news/f1657559-8135-50c9-ad7f-63636e6a5106 Pakistan, the mediator of the ceasefire, clearly stated that Lebanon was part of the ceasefire. Iran agreed, being part of the ceasefire they knew the terms of it. Israel recognized the terms of the ceasefire, disagreed that it included Lebanon, and continued to attack Lebanon. Thus the ceasefire ended and the Straight was closed again. If you're just going based on the actions and words of the leaders included in this, everyone but Israel has plainly stated that Lebanon is included. If you're going by how you personally feel about this, please include anything to back that up or kindly f*** off.
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dab45de Apr 9, 2026 -13
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/live-blog/live-updates-iran-war-ceasefire-trump-hormuz-israel-lebanon-rcna267205
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TheShishkabob Apr 9, 2026 +18
If these staments are true then there wasn't a ceasefire at all and Trump announced one prematurely. I'll note that Iran's initial observation of a ceasefire indicates that they were told otherwise, obviously, so I don't really understand why you'd believe the warmongers on this.
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ItsMeTrey Apr 9, 2026 -10
I'm still waiting for you to provide the terms of the agreement. Concrete terms, not "he said, she said" statements, because one side says Lebanon is included and the other says they are not. If there is a formal agreement, either side should be directly citing it to back up their claims, right? The reality is that this ceasefire is a hasty, informal agreement for the US to save face after threatening to destroy Iran. That's why it's just a 2 week ceasefire with actual talks planned for Friday.
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NothingButTheTea Apr 9, 2026 +10
Are you a troll or paid to ignorantly defend someone clearly in the wrong?
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Strykerz3r0 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Wait! You arguing that Lebanon was not included but you haven't seen the agreement or have any source except for Isreal's word? Hahahaha! Wow.
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Strykerz3r0 Apr 9, 2026 +6
Pakistan, the third-party who was negotiating, said it did include Lebanon. Isreal is the one who attacked so of course they are going to pretend Lebanon was not included. What does Pakistan gain by lying?
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Topgun58ge Apr 9, 2026 +16
The ceasefire covered more than Iran.
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ItsMeTrey Apr 9, 2026 -8
No it did not. Iran supposedly proposed a plan with such a term, but the US did not agree to that plan. There has been no actual long-term agreement yet, beyond the US and Iran agreeing to a 2 week ceasefire while they negotiate terms for a more permanent solution. Those negotiations begin as early as this Friday.
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tehlemmings Apr 9, 2026 +22
Then why are all the third parties, the people we literally invite to solve situations exactly like this, saying Lebanon was included? Sounds like you're making shit up and demanding proof you don't have from anyone who questions your lie
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Topgun58ge Apr 9, 2026 +14
So you know more than the guy who brokered the ceasefire? "The two-week pause in the fighting was announced by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - who has been serving as mediator between the warring parties. Sharif said the US and its allies "have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk0edynpmzo
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ItsMeTrey Apr 9, 2026 -4
Ah, yes, quoting only the most official document, a Twitter post with no citation of verbiage used for the agreement.
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CamRoth Apr 9, 2026 +6
Can you show us an official one that didn't include Lebanon?
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Topgun58ge Apr 9, 2026 +3
Lol... it's a BBC article that quotes him directly. Twitter was not involved. But go ahead and keep pretending you know more than the guy who brokered the ceasefire...
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Awkwardischarge Apr 9, 2026 +97
To shippers, an uncertain ceasefire may as well be no ceasefire. What captain is going to risk losing a $200M ship and 20 crew members based on a tweet from Trump ensuring them it's safe?
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Special-Remove-3294 Apr 9, 2026 +5
Especially when considering that USA has claimed the strait safe in the past with the resukt being burning ships....
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[deleted] Apr 9, 2026 +20
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TheGringoDingo Apr 9, 2026 +18
If he did, it’s not what he meant or it was a joke or it’s fake news
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Single_Comment6389 Apr 9, 2026 +218
It's not fragile it all, because there is no ceasefire anymore. Israel went out of their way to ruin that. Yet all I see in every post on here is about a "fragile ceasefire".
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zetaphi938 Apr 9, 2026 +14
It’s called “I have a significant amount invested in gaming the oil market and really need this to go my way.”
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NibittyShibbitz Apr 9, 2026 +1
"When the price of oil goes up, we make a lot of money"
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Regular_Use1868 Apr 9, 2026 +46
BBC and the state news in my own nation CBC both have a very bad habit of criticizing Americans over minor nuances and moral foibles but then going along with glaringly obvious moral failures. It's pretty pathetic but I hope things are changing.
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imoftendisgruntled Apr 9, 2026 +18
Calling CBC "state news" is ridiculous. It's publicly funded media, which is a damn sight better than a corporately-funded infotainment empire literally built to deliver propaganda.
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Regular_Use1868 Apr 9, 2026 +3
That's true. The completely ridiculous and disreputable nature of American "news" is a worse source of information than CBC or BBC. That doesn't mean I for some reason shouldn't criticize the BBC or CBC for glossing over American atrocities. I also mentioned that I hope things are changing. This is because I have noticed a more critical stance toward America in my own recent news consumption. What were you trying to get at here? Just angry that I used the same term for CBC that we commonly use for RT?
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imoftendisgruntled Apr 9, 2026 +7
Yes, that’s exactly what I’m objecting to. CBC and BBC are publicly funded, not “state run”. “State run” has a pejorative connotation that the editorial priorities are set by the government.
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Regular_Use1868 Apr 9, 2026 -8
Ya. I meant what I said. How would you account for the convenient ignorance of the past few weeks? Let's just do one example. The girls school that the Americans bombed. (Sorry, kinetically annihilated, don't wanna use a pejorative) The CBC makes that claim now. A day after it happened though they were happy to push the American lie. Why not just take no platform if they aren't certain? What accountability is there after the fact?
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imoftendisgruntled Apr 9, 2026 +10
What does that have to do with whether or not the government has editorial control over the reportage? Nothing.
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ItilityMSP Apr 9, 2026 +4
All news organizations tend to accept government facts has a first pass but the problem is it causes a lot of biases in reporting. This is especially true with the Trump Administration that are a bunch of f****** Liars.
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EternalCanadian Apr 9, 2026 +3
Your original comment stated that CBC was state media. That’s where /u/imoftendisgruntled (me too friend, me too) was pointing out.
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Aazadan Apr 9, 2026
Israel doctrine towards ceasefires aside, they were apparently not consulted on it, and didn’t agree to it.
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Single_Comment6389 Apr 9, 2026 +3
Yeah sure...
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Aazadan Apr 9, 2026
Israel would have broken it anyways, their military doctrine doesn’t believe in ceasefires. That said, they were never presented with the agreement this time. Trump agreed for them, which isnt binding on Israel as they were never asked to accept or reject.
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Single_Comment6389 Apr 9, 2026 +2
Yeah sure...
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Correct_Emu7015 Apr 9, 2026 +33
At least those oil short sellers cashed out yesterday
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Decent-Ganache7647 Apr 9, 2026 +16
I’d like to see a spreadsheet of all the people making out like bandits on this continual market manipulation disguised as a war. 
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BoosterRead78 Apr 9, 2026 +14
There is no more ceasefire
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dunehunter Apr 9, 2026 +5
It is pining for the strait. 
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NiranS Apr 9, 2026 +18
The United States and Israel are bad faith actors.
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Aazadan Apr 9, 2026 -3
This was so bad that even Israel looks like a good guy here. Trump agreed to it, including the Israel provisions without informing them, or getting their agreement. Israel continued to attack because it wasn’t an agreement they were party to.
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-LabApprehensive- Apr 10, 2026 +4
Continued to bomb a defenseless city filled as most cities are with non combatants.
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Aazadan Apr 10, 2026 +1
They did. But that's their normal war crimes. It's fair to hold that against them. But they didn't violate the ceasefire because they were never party to the agreement. Trump agreed for them.
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dvowel Apr 9, 2026 +8
And tomorrow it'll go down, then Saturday it will go back up..
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Legionnaire11 Apr 9, 2026 +4
And the insider decision makers will pocket a boat load of profit from the yo-yo effect their actions have on the market.
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fullmoon63 Apr 9, 2026 +11
Ceasefire so fragile it lasted about as long as my New Year’s resolutions.
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SurfNTurf1983 Apr 9, 2026 +16
"fragile" is an understatement. 
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therolando906 Apr 9, 2026 +5
If you're making financial decisions based on what Trump "promises", you're an idiot
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Rhythm_Flunky Apr 9, 2026 +4
“Fragile” meaning “non-existent”
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Rich_Consequence2633 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Anyone with half a brain knew it was all bullshit. I honestly can't fathom how anyone could have literally thought anything coming from trump and this administration, would work or even be real at this point. I'd question your mental capacity if you truly trust anything from this fat orange pedo.
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Gabewalker0 Apr 9, 2026 +4
Do people actually think Trump will agree to Iran's 10 point terms or that Netanyahu will stop bombing, killing his neighbors?
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Aazadan Apr 9, 2026 +1
Some did, but those people didn’t read the terms.
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Aazadan Apr 9, 2026 +6
Fragile? It wasn’t agreed to by all parties. It clearly wasn’t read by one party that agreed to it. Oil instantly dropped on news of it but any reading of it would tell you it wasn’t real. Why does the news promote these lies. It was doa and the fighting never stopped. The only thing this announcement was missing was a mission accomplished banner.
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PlayaNoir Apr 9, 2026 +2
The administration is still playing games because they cannot control their "strategic partner" Israel and it's blood lust.
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Toadfinger Apr 9, 2026 +2
Is it "fragile"? Or deliberately designed to fail? Benjamin Netanyahu is in Trump's (so called) Board of Peace. So it's not like any sort of honest mistake took place that derailed the ceasefire. As it is right now, Trump's dear friend Vladimir Putin has a monopoly on global oil because of the war. Trump needs leverage for his military spending request. Which is for over a trillion dollars. The con is on y'all!
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HighOverlordXenu Apr 9, 2026 +2
Pretty sure when they're lobbing missiles again it stops being a ceasefire.
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Mawootad Apr 10, 2026 +2
How dare they say that people imply that a ceasefire involing Israel, #1 ceasefire breaking fan, might be fragile.
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Aazadan Apr 10, 2026 +1
Worse, is Israel was never part of the negotiations and never agreed to the terms. Not that they would have held to them, but Trump was so desperate for a win he just claimed Israel would do something, and didn't tell them.
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OkLetterhead7047 Apr 9, 2026 +1
“Fragile” … just like my girlfriend… totally real
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Th1rte3n1334 Apr 9, 2026 +1
Who could have seen this coming? *check my USO holdings*
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Nodan_Turtle Apr 9, 2026 +1
I refresh the news every couple of hours to track how the "ceasefire" is escalating
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Avoidtolls Apr 9, 2026 +1
Shhhhh. Don't tell the Stonk market
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Emperor_Zar Apr 9, 2026 +1
Just to be clear: Oil prices rose when The Epstein Class attacked Iran. Then when a ceasefire is announced, they rise again?
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fafnir01 Apr 9, 2026 +1
Oil prices rise because of greed… and it is cloudy today…
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Shaharazaad Apr 9, 2026 +1
This is my shocked face. :-|
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GuitarGeezer Apr 9, 2026
There will be longterm turmoil even if and when a ceasefire holds. The short term futures and derivatives and whatnot will do whatever, but there is no way that the disruptions already on the ground are not seismic shocks to the world that will reverberate for over a decade to come. As we now see, the rise of a form of lobbyist dictatorship and now a full strongman dictatorship in the main economy and military on earth has consequences that can and will reach out and kill or starve hundreds of millions even in a best case scenario again based on damage already done. The overall American political situation cannot get better without reforms that are politically impossible given the system in place for decades. I lobbied to reform for decades. Americans are not capable of it anymore, not even close and it is not improving. Buckle up.
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imoftendisgruntled Apr 10, 2026 +1
The Main Character Syndrome is strong in this one.
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SerGT3 Apr 9, 2026 -1
Carmela can you please climb the pooooooooooooole
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