{"id":405143,"date":"2026-01-13T19:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405143\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:52:15","slug":"oil-rallies-after-trump-tells-iran-protesters-help-is-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405143\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil rallies after Trump tells Iran protesters help is on the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. <\/p>\n

Mahsa | Afp | Getty Images<\/p>\n

Crude oil prices rose about 3% on Tuesday, after U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> canceled all meetings with Iranian officials and promised protesters that help is on the way. <\/p>\n

U.S. crude<\/a> oil rose $1.96, or 3.29%, to $61.46 per barrel by 11:42 a.m. ET. Global benchmark Brent<\/a> was up $1.99, or 3.12%, to $65.86 per barrel. <\/p>\n

The Islamic Republic’s security forces have cracked down<\/a> on large-scale demonstrations with hundreds of people<\/a> reportedly dead. The government has cut off Internet access<\/a> in Iran, making it difficult to verify how the situation is evolving on the ground. <\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene if the Islamic Republic kills protestors. <\/p>\n

“Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!! Save the names of the killers and abusers,” Trump said in a Truth Social post<\/a> Tuesday. <\/p>\n

“They will pay a big price,” the president said. “I have cancelled all meetings with Iranian Officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS. HELP IS ON ITS WAY. MIGA!!!”<\/p>\n

Iran is a member of OPEC and a major crude oil producer. The oil market is monitoring whether the unrest could lead to a disruption of supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. Mahsa |…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,116,1071,122,1072,12,124435,113,112,195294,3,45063,111,195295,21,19,22,20,25,24,124084],"class_list":["post-405143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-breaking-news-markets","tag-breaking-news-politics","tag-business-news","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-donald-trump","tag-ice-brent-crude-oct25","tag-investment-strategy","tag-markets","tag-natural-gas-sep25","tag-news","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-politics","tag-rbob-gas-sep25","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-wti-crude-sep25"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}