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News & Current Events Apr 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM

US Won’t Renew Iranian, Russian Oil Waivers, Bessent Says

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US Won’t Renew Iranian, Russian Oil Waivers, Bessent Says
Bloomberg.com
US Won’t Renew Iranian, Russian Oil Waivers, Bessent Says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reaffirmed that the US would not renew general licenses that allowed for the temporary sale of certain Russian and Iranian crude.

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Fuzzylumpkins1234 Apr 15, 2026 +62
How high can we get prices at the pump? We’re going to find out.
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EsperaDeus Apr 15, 2026 +11
Bessent suggests US could see $3 gas between June 20 and September 20 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5832776-strait-hormuz-gas-prices/
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abbzug Apr 15, 2026 +50
Is he suggesting we're switching to the metric system?
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Lower-Limit3695 Apr 15, 2026 +34
it would be hilarious if the US switched over to metric because MAGA voters would be too stupid to know the difference between liters and gallons.
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perenniallandscapist Apr 16, 2026 +7
Oh my gosh! Gas prices went down 75%! Yay! /s The joke being a liter is about a quarter of a gallon.
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HOLEPUNCHYOUREYELIDS Apr 16, 2026 +2
Just like how they stopped 1/3 lb burgers because people thought it was less than a 1/4 lb burger lol
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foghillgal Apr 15, 2026 +9
Bessent talks out of his ass once again.
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giantroboticcat Apr 15, 2026 +8
Bold prediction to claim that gas prices will drop during the season gas prices historically peak.
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Im_better_than__u Apr 15, 2026 +5
Of what year 2028, 2029...?
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Desert-Noir Apr 15, 2026 +3
We are paying $3 a litre here already.
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inothatidontno Apr 15, 2026 +2
Europe or Australia? We americans do not realize how good we have it at least in some aspects. Gas was $3.50 a gallon on my drive home today. I went electric last year so idc anymore.
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Desert-Noir Apr 15, 2026 +2
Australia, NZ is a little bit more than us too. Europe is another level.
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imaginary_num6er Apr 15, 2026 +2
That’s nice for Californians
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Unknown_Default Apr 15, 2026 +1
Gonna just slurp all their lies huh
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Ancient-Bat1755 Apr 16, 2026 +1
Oh thank goodness, I was worried since I only paid $3.89 today.
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HystericalSail Apr 15, 2026 +18
Clue has been obtained. Our administration finally figured out that Russia and Iran already sell all the oil they produce, it's not like they can produce more. They just got higher prices as a result of the waivers.
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Professional_Mud_316 Apr 16, 2026 +5
***IRAN’S OIL*** *Peace Magazine* *1 Apr 2026* ***The United States and United King­dom have long inclined toward sanc­tion­ing Iran, its offi­cials, and their allies. These sanc­tions have sig­ni­fic­antly reduced Iran’s oil rev­enue.*** ***The 1979 Revolu­tion, which expelled major West­ern interests from Iran, was largely driven by Brit­ish and Amer­ican cor­por­a­tions’ exploit­a­tion of Iran’s abund­ant fossil fuel resources. That expul­sion rep­res­en­ted an enorm­ous loss of profit — a les­son that energy industry exec­ut­ives appear have not for­got­ten. These cor­por­a­tions have lob­bied in Wash­ing­ton and Lon­don to ensure such an out­come never hap­pens to them again, any­where in the world.*** ***Should Iran be mil­it­ar­ily defeated by West­ern forces, it would almost cer­tainly be com­pelled to reopen its vast fossil fuel reserves to those energy com­pan­ies. Those cor­por­ate interests — and likely the Israeli gov­ern­ment as well — would wel­come the fall of the Ira­nian gov­ern­ment as a means of regain­ing access to those resources.*** ***The U.S. and Brit­ish inva­sion and occu­pa­tion of Iraq from 2003 to 2011 were prob­ably driven by pre­cisely this kind of cor­por­ate greed. Some Amer­ican com­pan­ies secured luc­rat­ive con­tracts for oil ser­vices and explor­a­tion in Iraq fol­low­ing the war, and Brit­ish com­pan­ies — par­tic­u­larly BP — gained sig­ni­fic­ant access to Iraq’s oil reserves.*** ***Yet I saw vir­tu­ally noth­ing in main­stream West­ern media about these post-war cor­por­ate incur­sions into Iraq. I have little con­fid­ence that the same out­lets would report fully on sim­ilar devel­op­ments in a post-war Iran.*** *Frank Sterle Jr. White Rock, B.C.*
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jzsang Apr 15, 2026 +13
Good! Easing sanctions on Russian oil only makes Russia to want the war between the U.S. and Iran to continue. If Russia wants more sanctions relief, they should stop in Ukraine. Of course, Putin’s ego won’t allow it.
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DexJedi Apr 15, 2026 +8
Sounds logical. My gut feeling tells me Trump will call for Ukraine to stop resisting instead.
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Shot-Toe-2884 Apr 15, 2026
You could seriously argue that was the point of Trump lightening their sanctions. To incentivize Russia not to get involved. But the problem with that is Russia was never going to get involved in the first place. An orthodox Christian society isn’t about to go to war for an Islamist theocracy just so the theocrats can keep their nukes. Pretty fuckin hard to justify that to any population.
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jzsang Apr 15, 2026 +2
I *think* I’m following your idea, but if I am not and need to be clearer: I am not saying Russia was ever going to go directly against Iran. They definitely weren’t. They are allies when it is convenient. Russia has for example supplied Iran with weapons and intelligence and seemingly continues to license Iranian drone technology in their invasion of Ukraine. If I wasn’t clear, what I am trying to say is, after the sanctions waiver was announced, Russia might’ve thought that, as long as the war in Middle East continues, they would continue to get temporary sanctions relief to help stabilize the price of oil. This line of thinking would obviously incentivize Russia to continue to supply Iran with weapons and intelligence to ultimately prolong the war.
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Colbert2020 Apr 15, 2026 +6
Easing the sanctions on your CURRENT ENEMY IN WAR so they can GENERATE EVEN MORE WEALTH DURING THE WAR had to be the stupidest decision I've ever f****** seen. It had to be made by Trump or his stupid Secretary of Treasury. They should have blockaded Iran's oil ON DAY ONE OF THE STRAIT BEING CLOSED. Instead Trump just flailed around like a petulant toddler.
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Majestic-Attitude615 Apr 16, 2026 +1
has that ever been done - incoherent policy - if you are trying to change a regime - letting them acquire more money seems like a fantastic idea
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NotMyName_3 Apr 16, 2026 +2
Just wait! TACO!
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coulls Apr 15, 2026 +2
So next month then. Got it.
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Angelic_Doom Apr 15, 2026 -1
This wont make it until.TACO Tuesday
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