Iran

The nuclear deal with Iran isn’t quite the apocalypse oil investors might have feared. Oil prices Tuesday CLQ5, +0.70% LCOQ5, +0.65% took a brief dive after news that Iran reached a historic agreement Tuesday with the U.S. and five other world powers. Prices, however, finished higher, with oil on…

First the historic handshakes, now for the reality check in a region ripped apart by war. With the accord over Iran’s nuclear program comes the question of whether, after 12 years of debilitating sanctions, a resurgent nation can avoid escalating its confrontation with a more assertive Saudi…

The nuclear accord reached in Vienna on Tuesday could eventually reshape global oil markets. After almost two years of talks, the holder of the world’s fourth-biggest crude reserves will benefit from an easing of international sanctions on exports in return for curbs on its nuclear program. How…

The top Republican in the U.S. Senate cast doubt on Sunday on whether President Barack Obama would be able to win approval in Congress for any nuclear deal with Iran, and some Democrats also expressed reservations. "I think it's going to be a very hard sell, if it's completed, in Congress,"…