{"id":160258,"date":"2026-11-15T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=160258"},"modified":"2026-11-15T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T12:30:06","slug":"a-disastrous-iran-war-the-us-is-now-a-mover-and-shaker-of-oil-marketsunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=160258","title":{"rendered":"A disastrous Iran war? The US is now a mover and shaker of oil marketsUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostMany see the US war on Iran as a colossal geopolitical bungle, failing to secure its larger strategic objectives. Yet it has allowed the blundering Trump administration to move into an immensely powerful position \u2013 one it seems ready to embrace.<br \/>\nWith its new-found sway over Venezuela\u2019s oil reserves, degradation of Iranian exports and selective sanctions on Russian oil, Washington has unexpectedly acquired several important levers of the global petroleum trade.<br \/>\nIran has worked hard to play&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/world-opinion\/article\/3374247\/disastrous-iran-war-us-now-mover-and-shaker-oil-markets\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostMany see the US war on Iran as a colossal geopolitical bungle, failing to secure its larger strategic objectives. Yet it&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160258"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}