The latest escalation in tensions in Iran has paved the way for the return of risk premiums on oil prices once again.

The two sides were scheduled to meet for a sixth round of negotiations on Sunday. Oman, which was set to host the talks, said on Saturday that this round had been canceled.

Trump said on Tuesday that Iran has become “much more aggressive” in nuclear talks and said on Wednesday that he’s growing “less confident.” The top U.S. commander in the Middle East ...

"We wouldn't like to see some kind of nuclear race in the Middle East," Israeli diplomat Tsach Saar told Newsweek.

The sixth round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks will be held on Sunday in Muscat, the Omani foreign minister said on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump reiterated that Tehran would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

Iran is "exploiting the time to modify nuclear facilities in ways that could diminish the impact of a potential military strike on those sites and their outcomes,” sources said.

Israel’s strike on Iranian nuclear and military facilities has pushed West Asia one step closer to a far wider, more dangerous regional war. It also has implications for recent US diplomatic efforts toward a deal with Tehran over its nuclear program.

The move to reduce staff at some U.S. installations in the Middle East comes ... can't have a nuclear weapon." Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if stuttering talks over its nuclear ...

Seyed Ali Alavi, a lecturer in Middle Eastern studies at SOAS University of London, said that the strikes would doubtless cast a shadow over Sunday's talks ... East to possess nuclear weapons ...