Prediction markets put the probability at 36%: Will Trump agree to Iranian oil sanction relief by June 30. Currently, markets are divided (36% YES, 64% NO). The updates focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response to the strikes.
Iranian negotiators announced on June 1, 2026 they would halt all message exchanges with the United States through intermediaries, citing ongoing ceasefire violations, with Tehran's state-affiliated Tasnim news outlet reporting plans to "completely" block the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices jumped more than 5% on the news, reversing a week of declines tied to optimism that President Donald Trump and Iran were nearing a framework agreement. The breakdown follows a Situation Room meeting at which Trump said he would make a "final determination" on whether to extend the current ceasefire, but issued no announcement Friday. [CNBC, Jun 01]
The collapse caps a month of stalled diplomacy in which neither Washington nor Tehran signaled they had narrowed gaps on core issues, including the question of whether Trump agree to Iranian oil sanction relief as part of any extended truce. An unspecified senior Trump administration official told the New York Times on May 29 that the White House believed it was close to an agreement, while still unresolved on key economic terms. In a separate interview published May 28, Trump rejected the suggestion that the unpopular three-month war or looming midterm elections had increased political pressure on him to strike a deal that would reopen the Strait to commercial shipping. [NYT, May 28]
The Wall Street Journal reported on May 26 that Iran was pursuing a framework that would deliver economic relief without granting Trump a political victory, a structure US negotiators have resisted as the June 30 deadline approaches. Whether Trump agree to Iranian oil sanction relief in the next four weeks now hinges on Tehran reversing the June 1 message blackout and resuming intermediary talks through Arab officials. With oil markets pricing in renewed Hormuz disruption and no scheduled vote or procedural milestone in either capital before the deadline, the question of whether Trump will agree to Iranian oil sanction relief before June 30 rests on a narrow window for back-channel diplomacy to restart. [WSJ, May 26]
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