{"id":49683,"date":"2026-01-23T19:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=49683"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:01:30","slug":"oil-prices-surge-amid-renewed-us-iran-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=49683","title":{"rendered":"Oil Prices Surge Amid Renewed US-Iran Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Algiers, January 23, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 Oil prices experienced a significant upswing today following renewed threats from US President Donald Trump against Iran, a major oil producer in the Middle East. The President&#8217;s remarks have stoked fears of potential military action that could disrupt global oil supplies.<\/p>\n<p>As of 10:30 AM Algerian time, Brent crude futures for March delivery rose by 1.05% to $64.73 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude also saw an increase, climbing 1.11% to $60.02 per barrel. Both benchmarks had experienced a decline of approximately 2% yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>The price surge was triggered by President Trump&#8217;s comments to reporters aboard Air Force One. He stated that the United States has a &#8220;naval armada&#8221; heading towards Iran, while expressing hope that its use would not be necessary. He reiterated warnings to Tehran against harming protestors or resuming its nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p><em>Analysts suggest the market is reacting to the increased uncertainty surrounding the stability of oil production in the region.<\/em> Any disruption to Iranian oil exports would have a significant impact on global supply, potentially driving prices even higher.<\/p>\n<p>Both Brent and WTI crude are on track to record weekly gains of approximately 0.6%. Prices had previously risen earlier in the week in response to President Trump&#8217;s threats of invading Greenland.<\/p>\n<p>The situation remains fluid, and market watchers are closely monitoring developments in the US-Iran relationship for further indications of potential impacts on the oil market. The coming days will be crucial in determining the direction of oil prices in the near term.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=50\">More Economy articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algiers, January 23, 2026 \u2013 Oil prices experienced a significant upswing today following renewed threats from US President Donald Trump against Iran, a major oil producer in the Middle East. The President&#8217;s remarks have stoked fears of potential military action that could disrupt&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49685,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49683\/revisions\/49685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}