Brenda Shaffer

Could you imagine 3 weeks after the USA joined WW2 that pundits and journalists were already discussing outcomes?

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Baghaei: 🔺 Messages from the US, sent via friendly countries to seek talks and end the war, were received and answered in line with Iran’s principles.

New🇺🇸: France’s @TotalEnergies exits US offshore wind, signs deal with the Interior Department to relinquish two leases and redirect capital into gas, LNG and power. CEO Patrick Pouyanné cites cost concerns and limited affordability benefits, as the firm pivots toward US LNG, including Rio Grande and potential Alaska volumes. #oott

An oil supertanker hauling two-million barrels of Iraq’s crude got through the Strait of Hormuz, the first vessel observed moving Baghdad’s barrels through the the vital waterway bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#Iran's foreign ministry spokesman via @IRNA_1313: 🔹Over the past few days, messages have been received from some friendly countries regarding the US demand for negotiations to end the war. We responded to those approaches appropriately and in accordance with the country's principled positions." 🔹In these responses, necessary warnings were given about the dire consequences of any attack on Iran's vital infrastructure, and it was emphasized that any action against Iran's energy infrastructure will be met with a decisive, immediate, and effective response from the Iranian armed forces. 🔹We deny that negotiations and/ or discussions have taken place with the US over the past 24 days of the imposed war. The Islamic Republic of Iran's position regarding the Strait of Hormuz and the conditions for ending the imposed war has not changed. #oott

Unsettled premiers on Sunday, March 29 at 9:00 PM on Newsmax! Featuring Steve Koonin, Chris Wright, John Clauser, Will Happer and Gregory Wrightstone

“… fakenews is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets …” (From the Iranian official most likely calling the shots in Tehran today)

🇮🇷🇺🇸 #Iran's speaker of parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf doesn't seem aware that he is due to meet with Witkoff and Kushner later this week.

Oil market trading on scant information - CEO Chevron #oott

🔺 In recent days, the United States has insisted on using some neighboring countries as intermediaries to negotiate with Iran, but Iran has not responded. 🔺 Iran has not responded to the request for negotiations, and no talks have taken place with the United States.

Plane spotters say elements of the 82nd Airborne Division have arrived in the Middle East

🔴Azerbaijan to hold UAV training flights over Baku, Absheron The Ministry of Defense stated that the drills, scheduled for around 16:00 on March 23, are part of the country’s 2026 military training plan.

Plane spotters report elements of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division have arrived in the Middle East.

Worth to read the speech that Sultan al Jaber, the CEO of UAE-state owned oil giant ADNOC, just delivered at CERAWeek (by video conference for obvious reasons).

🔴Azerbaijan’s Air Force will conduct UAV training flights over Baku and the Absheron district, the Ministry of Defense announced. According to the ministry, the exercises are part of the 2026 training plan and will take place around 16:00 on March 23.

Striking one of the Basij headquarters in Tehran.

🇦🇪 @ADNOCGroup CEO Sultan al-Jaber @CERAWeek: ▪️Iran launched an illegal, erratic, unjustified and completely unprovoked attack on the UAE and our region. ▪️No country should be allowed to hold the global economy hostage. ▪️This is a security issue, not a supply issue. Only way to stablize markets is to open the Strait. ▪️Our operations have been affected but we have full visibility of the situation and we are working through it methodically. #oott

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth says the physical oil market is tighter than the financial oil market is reflecting, particularly for refined products. The scarcity, particularly in Asia, is “not fully priced in the oil futures curve,” he says. #CERAWeek

BREAKING: Trump postpones attacks on Iranian electricity network for five days; says that Tehran and Washington are having “good and productive” discussions about a “complete and total resolution of our hostilities.” Oil and natural gas prices fall sharply.

Ukraine attacked Russia’s largest oil port in the Baltic Sea to prevent it from benefiting from rising oil prices: about 60% of Russia’s maritime oil exports pass through the port of Primorsk.