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Coverage timeline for “iran gulf us escalation”

Saturday, July 18, 2026
- "We've Burned Through All Buffers": Oil Traders Warn Market Running On FumesZeroHedge•10:05 PM
Sunday, July 19, 2026
- US-Iran Tit-For-Tat Spirals Towards Broader Conflict ZeroHedge•12:45 PM
- Gulf bourses retreat as US–Iran hostilities intensify - ReutersGoogle News•12:53 PM
Monday, July 20, 2026
- Iran Says Two Tankers Exploded In Hormuz Chokepoint As Ship Traffic Near StandstillZeroHedge•10:55 AM
- Futures Rebound On Fresh Bout Of Iran Optimism As Hyperscaler Earnings LoomZeroHedge•12:33 PM
- Mediators Float 10-Day Ceasefire As Pezeshkian Tells Citizens Iran Engaged In 'Full-Scale War'ZeroHedge•12:55 PM
- US Gas Prices Cross Politically Sensitive $4 Level Closely Watched By Trump ZeroHedge•3:20 PM
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
- Iran mediators push new ceasefire as Trump eyes all-out warAxios•1:32 AM
- US-Iran Fighting Enters 10th Day As Tanker Hit In Hormuz, Houthis Threaten Red Sea ChokepointZeroHedge•11:20 AM
- Futures Jump As Chipmakers Surge After Japan , Korea BounceZeroHedge•11:39 AM
- Goldman Warns Brent Could Top $120 If Gulf Chokepoint Crisis DeepensZeroHedge•3:40 PM
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
- CIA Distances Itself From Trump's Iran War With Media LeakZeroHedge•2:10 AM
- Futures Slide Ahead Of Google Earnings As Brent Surges Above $95ZeroHedge•11:45 AM
Thursday, July 23, 2026
- U.S. deploys B-1 bomber as attacks on Iran intensifyAxios•3:05 AM
- RBC Commodities Chief Warns "War Entering Dangerous Phase" As Chokepoint Chaos Risks Oil Above 2008 PeakZeroHedge•11:20 AM
- Futures Slide After Google Earnings, Oil & Bond Yields Jump On Houthi EscalationZeroHedge•12:05 PM
- Oil Soars As Trump Warns Iran Will Pay For Future Houthi Shipping Attacks, Rubio Rules Out DealZeroHedge•12:55 PM
- Watch: Ukraine, Iran Tensions Run High In Rare Rubio-Lavrov MeetingZeroHedge•6:10 PM
Friday, July 24, 2026
- US launches 13th night of strikes as Iran warns of escalation in the GulfAl Jazeera•2:25 AM
- US and Iran trade more strikes in Gulf as fears of escalation mountBBC•9:20 AM
- Trump Losing Patience, In 'Revenge Mode' After 13th Consecutive Night Of US Strikes On IranZeroHedge•12:40 PM
- Gas Prices Nearing Levels That Could Push Trump Towards Iran Talks, Says JPM Commodities Expert ZeroHedge•3:20 PM
- Nine Potential Commodity Wildcards As "Once-A-Decade" Shocks Become New Normal ZeroHedge•4:40 PM
- US and Iran trade more strikes in Gulf as fears of escalation mount - BBCGoogle News•6:13 PM
Saturday, July 25, 2026
- The 'Projects' That Could Ignite The Next World WarZeroHedge•3:25 AM
- US Pauses Iran Bombing Campaign As Saudi-Houthi Red Sea Front Erupts ZeroHedge•12:45 PM
Sunday, July 26, 2026
- Iran, Oman Hold Hormuz Talks As US Pauses Airstrikes For Second DayZeroHedge•12:10 PM
Monday, July 27, 2026
- Futures Jump As Brent Tumbles Below $90 On Fresh Round Of Iran Ceasefire OptimismZeroHedge•12:22 PM
- Massive RelaxZeroHedge•2:20 PM
- Key Events This Busy Week: FOMC, PCE, GDP, War On/War Off... And Earnings Galore ZeroHedge•2:35 PM
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
- Mediators Say US-Iran 'Close' To 'Resurrecting' Failed MoU Deal, Pushing Oil Lower, Stocks JumpZeroHedge•3:40 PM
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
- WTI Holds Spike After Big Crude Draw, SPR Drain Continues As Cushing Stocks Stuck At 'Tank Bottoms'ZeroHedge•2:36 PM
- Houthis Signal Red Sea Shipping Tolls In Mirror Image Of Iran's Hormuz PlanZeroHedge•7:15 PM
Thursday, July 30, 2026
- IRGC Strikes Jordan Again After 2-Hour US Bombardment Kills Iranian Troops, Civilians - Hormuz Traffic Creeps HigherZeroHedge•12:35 PM
Friday, July 31, 2026
- Iran Claims Kuwait Airbase Attack, Strikes Pair Of Tankers In Hormuz, Despite No New US Operations OvernightZeroHedge•2:00 PM
Saturday, August 1, 2026
- US Withdraws Troops, Patriot Batteries From Northern Iraq Amid Iranian AttacksZeroHedge•12:30 AM
- Airspace Lockdown Looms: US Warns Americans Get Out Of Mideast As Iran Targets Kuwait AgainZeroHedge•6:35 PM
Sunday, August 2, 2026
- Trump Says "Perimeters Of A Deal Reached" With Iran To Reopen Hormuz After Call With Saudi Crown PrinceZeroHedge•1:55 PM
Monday, August 3, 2026
- Trump says he canceled Iran strikes at request of Gulf allies, is pursuing talks - The Washington PostGoogle News•4:38 AM
- Futures Rise As Oil Plunge Helps Yields Ease From Nosebleed Highs; All Eyes On YenterventionZeroHedge•12:02 PM
- Iran Denies Negotiations With US After Trump Announces Talks For Monday AfternoonZeroHedge•12:30 PM
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
- Oil Markets Price In An Iran Deal That Does Not Exist YetZeroHedge•3:17 AM
Thursday, August 6, 2026
- Futures Flat As Tech Slides After Memory Stocks, Korea TumbleZeroHedge•12:10 PM
- Yemen War Reignites As Houthis Intensify Saudi Shipping Attacks, Ground Assault, With Hormuz Deal 'Close'ZeroHedge•1:00 PM
Saturday, August 8, 2026
- Joint Chiefs Chair Pushing For Iran War Off-Ramp, Warning Escalation Will BackfireZeroHedge•1:55 PM
Sunday, August 9, 2026
- Turkey Restricts Black Sea Traffic As Drone Attacks On Commercial Vessels SpikeZeroHedge•11:00 AM
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
- Futures Jump, Oil Tumbles As Well-Timed Comments Spark Latest Round Of Hormuz OptimismZeroHedge•12:22 PM
- US Fires On Ship Attempting To Break Iran Blockade, Amid Several Regional Maritime AttacksZeroHedge•12:50 PM
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
- Iran Rejects US Pressure, Enters 'Survival Economy' As Mediators Cite 'Absolutely No Progress'ZeroHedge•12:50 PM
Sunday, August 16, 2026
- "US Can't Bomb Its Way To Victory": Scotiabank Maps Bessent's Coming Economic Hammer On IranZeroHedge•7:45 PM
Monday, August 17, 2026
- Futures Rise On Fresh Push Higher In Tech ZeroHedge•12:39 PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
- What's Behind Trump's Unexpected Favor To Kim Jong Un?ZeroHedge•3:50 AM
- The US Is Forcing Others To Take Sides, As Is ChinaZeroHedge•3:15 PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- Saudis Offer To Sell Oil Near Oman, A Sign They're Sailing Dark Through HormuzZeroHedge•9:45 AM
- UAE Cuts Ties As Iran Warns Gulf States Against Helping Washington; Kpler Says US Navy Gaining Ground In HormuzZeroHedge•12:20 PM
Thursday, August 20, 2026
- Iran FM Blasts Trump's Economic D-Day Threat 'Diversion' Which Will Fail, As New Carrier Arrives In Mideast WatersZeroHedge•1:20 PM
Friday, August 21, 2026
- Houthis Claim Fourth Attack On Saudi Aramco Refineries This MonthZeroHedge•6:45 AM
Monday, August 24, 2026
- Has Trump Turned The Tables On Iran - Or Is Another Round Of War Coming?ZeroHedge•2:10 AM
- Futures Slide Ahead Of "Pivotal Week" With Nvidia Earnings. Warsh Speech On DeckZeroHedge•12:25 PM
- Houthis Attack Saudi Oil Tanker In Red Sea, As Bab el-Mandeb Transit Is Up SlightlyZeroHedge•3:20 PM
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
- Iran's Economy On The Ropes Amid Hyperinflation And Widespread Gas Shortages, As Trump Blockade BitesZeroHedge•10:55 AM
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
- Oil Dumps As Iran, Oman Push To Reopen Hormuz; Satellite Image Shows Gulf Producers Ramping UpZeroHedge•10:55 AM
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Hormuz And The Law Of Diminishing Returns: When Leverage BurnsZeroHedge•1:45 AM
- Futures Jump After Nvidia's Unprecedented 2028 Guidance Stuns MarketsZeroHedge•11:59 AM
Friday, August 28, 2026
- Futures Flat, Bonds Drop Ahead Of Warsh Jackson Hole SpeechZeroHedge•12:52 PM
Sunday, August 30, 2026
- Opportunity Lost? Gained? Squandered?ZeroHedge•9:30 PM
Monday, August 31, 2026
- Bessent Convenes G20 Finance Chiefs To Confront China's $1.2 Trillion Trade SurplusZeroHedge•11:20 AM
- Oil Tops $91, US Diesel Crack Near $100 As US-Iran Strikes Resume, Tehran Claims Supertanker Mined In HormuzZeroHedge•11:45 AM
- Stock Futures Drop To Close Out August As Oil Jumps On Renewed Iran HostilitiesZeroHedge•12:39 PM
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- 'Betrayal': Internal Pentagon Spat Emerges Over Leaked Middle East Deployment PlansZeroHedge•12:30 AM
- Iran Will 'Immediately' Return To MoU Deal If US Does, Pezeshkian Says, After Two Supertankers Struck In HormuzZeroHedge•12:35 PM
- Futures Tumble As Global Yields Hit Multi-Year HIgh, Oil Jumps On Iran EscalationZeroHedge•12:35 PM
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Futures Flat As Yields Ignore Oil MeltupZeroHedge•12:30 PM
- Iran Unleashes Fresh Attack Waves On Kuwait, UAE As Trump Signals De-escalation Ahead Of MidtermsZeroHedge•1:30 PM
Friday, September 4, 2026
- Deadly escalation in Black Sea attacks prompts fears of even higher food pricesThe Guardian — World•2:35 PM
Saturday, September 5, 2026
- "Three For Two": CENTCOM Destroys Iranian Tankers Near Kharg Island After IRGC Targets US Warships ZeroHedge•2:44 PM
Sunday, September 6, 2026
- Iran Vows 'Faster, More Painful' Response To US Attacks After Weekend Sea BattleZeroHedge•4:40 PM
Monday, September 7, 2026
- Futures Drop As Iran Hostilities Send Brent To 6 Week High Above $97ZeroHedge•1:22 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
- Futures Fall As Inflation Fears Mount With Oil Set To Top $100ZeroHedge•12:40 PM
- Houthis Pummel Southwest Saudi Arabia With Ballistic Missiles, As Yemen Air & Ground War EruptsZeroHedge•1:25 PM

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