WSJ: Trump Cancels Iran Strikes, Says Tehran Has 'Approved' Talks
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· June 11, 2026 at 17:55
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The post reports Trump’s cancellation of planned airstrikes on Iran after Tehran allegedly approved final negotiations, though a naval blockade remains and oil/gas seizure threats persist.
The author (u/himynameis_) shares a WSJ article with no personal thesis, but the accompanying comment (“I’m seeing the market bump up after this posted”) suggests a short-term bullish market reaction to de-escalation news.
Quality assessment: This is noise — a news summary with zero original analysis, data, or position-taking. It serves as a market-moving headline rather than DD.
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President Trump said he has cancelled planned strikes on Iran after Tehran's leadership and other parties negotiating a deal to end the conflict approved "discussions and final points."
The ongoing discussions "have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved," Trump wrote in a Thursday afternoon post on X, hours after threatening to
strike Iran "VERY HARD."
"Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved," Trump said.
The U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect until the "transaction" is finalized, Trump said, noting that "time and place of the signing" would soon be announced
Trump had earlier threatened to strike Iran "VERY HARD" again Thursday night and take "total control" of the country's oil and gas industry, a sign that he has abandoned the diplomatic route and is aiming to force Tehran into a nuclear deal it has resisted for months.
The U.S. "in the not too distant future" would take Kharg Island, which sits off Iran's southern coast and is the country's main oil export hub, Trump added in a Truth Social post, "and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela, which is working out brilliantly for both Venezuela and the United States of America."
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-threatens-new-strikes-on-iran-says-u-s-will-seize-its-oil-and-gas-markets-38996e77?st=xusuKc