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Oil prices rose on Monday, May 11, 2026, as prospects for a U.S.-Iran peace deal faded after President Trump rejected Iran's latest proposal as "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!". The failure to reach an agreement has renewed fears of prolonged supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that remains largely closed, keeping global energy markets under pressure.
Oil
Prices Rise as Prospects for U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Fizzle
Oil
prices rose on Monday, May 11, 2026, as prospects for a U.S.-Iran peace deal
faded after President Trump rejected Iran's latest proposal as "TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE!". The failure to reach an agreement has renewed fears of
prolonged supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that
remains largely closed, keeping global energy markets under pressure.
Current
Oil Prices (May 11, 2026)
- Brent Crude: The global benchmark rose more
than 3% to trade at approximately $105 per barrel.
- WTI Crude: The U.S. benchmark jumped over
4%, trading at over $99 per barrel.
Key
Developments
- Peace Proposal Failure: Negotiators were discussing a
"one-page" short-term agreement via Pakistan to pause
hostilities for 30 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, Iran's
counterproposal included demands for sovereignty over the Strait, which
led to the current impasse.
- Market Impact: Analysts from Goldman Sachs warn that if the conflict escalates
further, prices could reach $115 to $130 per barrel.
- U.S. Response: Energy Secretary Chris Wright
noted that the administration might consider pausing the federal gas tax
(18.4 cents per gallon) as U.S. national average gas prices sit at $4.52
per gallon.
- Stock Market: While oil surged, major stock futures like the S&P 500 showed slight
declines as investors reacted to the increased geopolitical risk and
potential for energy-driven inflation.
Oil Prices Rise as Prospects for U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Fizzle
Oil
Prices Rise as Prospects for U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Fizzle
By The
New York Times
Published
May 10, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026, 3:47 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/business/oil-stocks-iran-war.html
Oil
prices rose and stock futures ticked down on Monday as investors reacted after
the two sides failed to agree on a U.S.-Iran peace deal.
President
Trump said on social media Sunday that Iran’s latest proposal was “TOTALLY
UNACCEPTABLE!” He did not share details about what Iran had offered. Tehran has
said the two countries are working on a short-term agreement that would pause
fighting for another 30 days and end Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a
key oil and gas shipping route in the Persian Gulf.
As gas
prices remain elevated in the United States, Chris Wright, the energy
secretary, said on Sunday that the Trump administration would be open to
pausing the federal gas tax, which accounts for 18.4 cents of the per gallon
price of gasoline.
Here is
the latest:
Oil ticks
up.
Stocks
tick down.
Gasoline
prices slip.
Oil ticks
up.
The price
of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, rose more than 3 percent on
Monday, trading at $105 a barrel.
West
Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, was up over 4 percent, trading at
over $99 a barrel.
Stocks
tick down.
Futures
on the S&P 500 pointed to a decline of about 0.1 percent when stocks resume
trading in the United States on Monday.
Stocks in
Asia, where countries import vast quantities of oil and gas, were mixed. South
Korea’s benchmark KOSPI Index rose more than 4 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei
225 fell less than 1 percent.
In
Europe, stocks were little changed. The Stoxx 600, a broad index that tracks
the region’s largest companies, and the DAX in Germany were flat.
Gasoline
prices slip.
Gas
prices held steady on Monday at a national average of $4.52 for a gallon of
regular, according to the AAA motor club. Despite prices inching down since
Friday, drivers were still paying about 52 percent more per gallon since the
war began.
Gas
prices don’t move in lock step with crude, usually trailing increases or drops
by a few days.
The
average price of diesel fell a penny to $5.64 on Monday, up 50 percent since
the start of the war.
Trump Rejects Latest Iran Offer for Talks, Extending Limbo in Mideast War
Trump
Rejects Latest Iran Offer for Talks, Extending Limbo in Mideast War
The
United States and Iran have been discussing a 30-day extension to their
cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Erica L.
Green Aaron
Boxerman Adam Sella
By Erica
L. Green Aaron Boxerman and Adam Sella
Erica L.
Green and Adam Sella reported from Washington, and Aaron Boxerman from
Jerusalem.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/politics/iran-war-us-peace-proposal-response.html
May 10,
2026
President
Trump on Sunday rejected the latest offer from Iran to end the war with the
United States, declaring that it was “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.”
Mr. Trump
commented hours after the Iranian government said it had sent a counterproposal
to end the conflict following a tense week of attacks and responses in the
Persian Gulf that rattled a fragile cease-fire between the countries. The
details of Iran’s proposal were not made public, and Mr. Trump did not say what
was objectionable.
“I have
just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives,’” he wrote in a
post on his social media platform. “I don’t like it.”
Mr.
Trump’s rejection extended the latest standoff in the effort to end the war and
cast doubt on whether the stalemate would be broken anytime soon. The
president, however, has shown little appetite for resuming hostilities,
particularly before he meets this week in Beijing with President Xi Jinping of
China, whose country maintains close ties with Iran.
The
United States and Israel began coordinated strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, and Iran
responded with attacks on Israel and neighboring Arab countries allied with the
United States. Iran also closed off the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to a
fifth of the world’s oil supply.
Mr. Trump
declared an indefinite cease-fire last month and told Congress that hostilities
between the two countries had been “terminated,” though they have continued
their tense face-off in the strait. Some Gulf countries have also reported
drone attacks from Iran in recent days.
Mr. Trump
has maintained that the United States has met its military objectives in
joining the bombardment with Israel in February. But his ultimate goal of the
war — preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon — remains
unfulfilled.
Mr. Trump
said in an interview aired on Sunday that the United States was surveilling
Iran’s remaining enriched uranium stockpile, which could enable the country to
build a nuclear weapon, and that it would “get that at some point.”
In the
interview, released by the syndicated news show “Full Measure,” he repeated a
claim that the United States was monitoring sites that contained the uranium.
He warned that “if anybody got near the place, we will know about it, and we’ll
blow them up.” The president’s messaging on the importance of the existing
uranium stockpiles has been inconsistent: Last month, Mr. Trump said he didn’t
care about the uranium because it was buried “so far underground.”
In the
back-and-forth since the start of the cease-fire, Tehran and the United States
have offered few details about their proposals. But on Thursday, as Iran was
reviewing the United States’ latest offer, Mr. Trump gave some specifics.
“It’s an
offer that basically said they will not have nuclear weapons,” he said. “They’re going to hand us the nuclear dust
and many other things that we want.” The president often refers to Iran’s near bomb-grade uranium as “dust,” though the material is stored in
canisters, typically as a gas.
Mr. Trump
has said that a deal has remained elusive because Iran lacks leadership after
the United States and Israel killed much of the leadership’s top ranks.
Mr. Trump
and Iranian officials have also offered signals suggesting a lack of trust
between the two parties. When asked on Thursday whether Iran had agreed to the
United States’ demand that it abandon its nuclear ambitions, Mr. Trump said
they had but added, “When they agree, it doesn’t mean much because the next day they
forget.”
The
president also warned that if Iran did not agree to the latest deal, it was
“going to have a lot of pain.”
His
rejection of the Iranian offer came as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of
Israel said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the conflict with Iran
was “not over.” He said that was in part because Iran had yet to give up the
material that Israel feared could one day be made into a nuclear weapon.
Last
week, the White House sought to portray the military campaign, named “Operation
Epic Fury” as, in fact, over. But in the “Full Measure” interview, Mr. Trump
said it was inaccurate to say combat operations were finished.
“No, I
didn’t say that,” Mr. Trump said, adding that Iran was “defeated, but that
doesn’t mean they are done.”
Mr. Trump
hoped to have the conflict resolved by the time he headed to China to meet with
Mr. Xi, who is eager to see an end to the conflict in Iran, which is China’s
closest partner in the Middle East. The war has led to a global energy crisis
and diverted U.S. military assets from Asia. It has also depleted U.S.
munitions, raising doubts among some Chinese analysts about the United States’
ability to defend Taiwan, a close partner of Washington.
Negotiators
for Iran had passed their response to Pakistani mediators, who have been
brokering the talks, according to Iran’s state broadcaster.
Iranian
officials have said the two countries are working on a short-term agreement
that would pause fighting for another 30 days and end Iran’s blockade of the
strait. The officials said the United States and Iran would try to reach a
comprehensive deal during the monthlong lull.
The
intermittent clashes across the region over the past week have underscored the
frailty of the cease-fire — what analysts have labeled a state of “no war, no
peace.”
On
Sunday, the United Arab Emirates said it had again been attacked by Iranian
drones, after several Iranian strikes this past week. American warships also
fired on military facilities along Iran’s coast last week after coming under
attack, the U.S. military said.
Lily Kuo
contributed reporting.
Erica L.
Green is a White House correspondent for The Times, covering President Trump
and his administration.
Aaron
Boxerman is a Times reporter covering Israel and Gaza. He is based in
Jerusalem.
Adam
Sella covers breaking news for The Times in Washington.
