{"id":100035,"date":"2026-04-26T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/brent-oil-rises-above-107-per-barrel-after-iran-peace-talks-stall\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:32:09","slug":"brent-oil-rises-above-107-per-barrel-after-iran-peace-talks-stall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/brent-oil-rises-above-107-per-barrel-after-iran-peace-talks-stall\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent oil rises above $107 per barrel after Iran peace talks stall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108293659\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>stringer | reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Sunday, after plans for a second round of peace talks between the US and Iran failed again.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard also reportedly boarded two cargo ships near the Strait of Hormuz as tensions remain high in the strategic sea route. <\/p>\n<p>international benchmark <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">brent<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    Oil futures rose 2% to $107.89 a barrel as of 6:27 p.m. ET. We <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-2\">crude oil<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    also jumped more than 2% to $96.63. <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Saturday canceled plans to send US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Islamabad, Pakistan, for talks with Iran. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Too much time wasted traveling, too much work! Plus, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their &#8216;leadership,'&#8221; Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one, including him, knows who is in charge,\u201d the president said. &#8220;Besides, we have all the cards; they don&#8217;t have any! If they want to talk, they just have to call!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Islamabad over the weekend but met only with Pakistani officials before leaving. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are no plans to hold any meetings between Iran and the United States,&#8221; Iran&#8217;s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei said in a social media post on Friday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\">Choose CNBC as your favorite source on Google and never miss a moment of the most trusted name in business news.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026. stringer | reuters Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Sunday, after plans for a second round of peace talks between the US and Iran failed again. 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