# Oil Prices Surge as Iran-US Standoff Continues Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7448525/oil-prices-surge-as-iran-us-standoff-continues Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7448525/oil-prices-surge-as-iran-us-standoff-continues.md Podcast: [Global News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7448525) Published: 2026-05-11T02:38:44+00:00 Episode link: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/1a5c2a0a-bf50-44ce-b055-fbd5a57a3b99.mp3 Audio file: https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/1a5c2a0a-bf50-44ce-b055-fbd5a57a3b99.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7448525/episodes/oil-prices-surge-as-iran-us-standoff-continues Duration seconds: 95 ## Resource Oil prices surge as Trump rejects Irans peace proposal, Brent crude climbs to $105.20, U.S. crude to $99.30. Strait of Hormuz remains closed, Trump pushes for free passage and halt to Irans nuclear enrichment. Netanyahu insists conflict wont end until Irans uranium stockpiles are destroyed. Big oil companies like Saudi Aramco, BP, and Shell report soaring profits amid volatile energy markets. Support the show: Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. View sources & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/fc212c185ba48ba3 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7448525/episodes/oil-prices-surge-as-iran-us-standoff-continues/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7448525/oil-prices-surge-as-iran-us-standoff-continues.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.