Oil briefly falls below $100 and shares jump on Trump Iran war pledge
European stock markets opened higher after the US president said the conflict would "end very soon".
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"Iran is begging to make a deal but whether it happens or not is irrelevant to America's timetable."
— Donald Trump , Politician
"My country has the necessary will to put an end to the war but demanded certain guarantees to prevent the recurrence of any future aggression."
— Masoud Pezeshkian , Politician
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European stock markets opened higher after the US president said the conflict would "end very soon".
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