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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joe Sommerlad

Iran oil insider trader concern after hundreds of millions are wagered minutes before Trump’s ‘peace talks’ post

A surge in betting on global oil markets just 15 minutes before President Donald Trump announced a temporary halt to his airstrikes on Iran this week has sparked claims of insider trading.

Trump said on his Truth Social platform at 7.05 a.m. Monday: “I am please [sic] to report that the United States of America, and the country of Iran, have had, over the last two days, very good and productive conversations regarding a complete and total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East.”

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