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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Oil climbs 5% as Iran, US both demand compensation and Hormuz hopes fade

Oil prices settled 5% higher on Monday after Iran and the United States traded demands ​for compensation, dimming prospects for a deal to ​reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran also said the U.S. must lift sanctions on Tehran, ​and meet a number of other conditions for reopening the vital waterway, while U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran must pay compensation for "all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded."

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