{"id":11416,"date":"2026-03-13T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/13\/emboldened-by-oil-shock-irans-leaders-play-diplomatic-hardball-wsj\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:00:00","slug":"emboldened-by-oil-shock-irans-leaders-play-diplomatic-hardball-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/13\/emboldened-by-oil-shock-irans-leaders-play-diplomatic-hardball-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Emboldened by Oil Shock, Iran\u2019s Leaders Play Diplomatic Hardball &#8211; WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE1fUWozV0xyZmxldUg2TTVNX2dULUNTM3hYVFgyaTBpSXVkV1RMUlFFbjYyYlVZNjNKejRMc2FhUjZZNW02RGxYaTlCNDhQMERTUGszcXFodW0xaDNrM0Zhbl9PbGFELUEyeVJhOXhFYlJ0VGhFME9jMlo1UXA0STg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Emboldened by Oil Shock, Iran\u2019s Leaders Play Diplomatic Hardball<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE9WcXdVdFdaMFgtMjZ2WGQxS1I4cG5zYmdUT2hxSzdJY3pJc1RDS3NwTmNhS3Y0QktnVWpoWE9oX3JqcndjUkxxaGlVenFDWllpek5iQ3BOX0JYVEFGRm5xTDVJV2F0cjhCb28taWpYSnpYMGdGVWhFSA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Day 13 of Middle East conflict \u2014 global economy disruptions, Iranian attacks spread to sea<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE14WURXS3JqMVNtOUVGWlpPbm1BLWRCZDR3VW1OQjN3LVN2Z3p6RUk0U1E0Y2VjSmRjYlp4UzhmTDlKVk1BWjlja2xGSU9OVkdNQTRlSUpiMmFJSmRSNy04X0pnVlNxbnRGMzNidFlFa1BfdDZGX1JfM2pEQUs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018We Would Be Entering a Completely Different World\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Atlantic<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxOemwxVjdIUW9kR3Q1c3p3SlhVT3J0X1pMSUdBYnJSNW1oM0dSUy1fVFVIVkc3QUJ4U0w1LU1vbjlwaTM1TEtBNFJsWkU1YmQwWk5SUVZDZ0szZjF2VVN6VzFlMUYyam9BWVViZ0tFbXgxMWs0SXRnUGFFb1dLSC1GcXBwZ1UwMTdIelp0cllUeUVqc1hDWkU0YUNrVVlPRjYyVnNLOTFQdkR5aGpQSlZKdVp1enNPTFUzYVZ6TFBtYTN6UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran tells world to get ready for oil at $200 a barrel as it fires on merchant ships<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Not \u2018a litre of oil\u2019 to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emboldened by Oil Shock, Iran\u2019s Leaders Play Diplomatic Hardball&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ Day 13 of Middle East conflict \u2014 global economy disruptions, Iranian attacks spread to sea&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN \u2018We&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/13\/emboldened-by-oil-shock-irans-leaders-play-diplomatic-hardball-wsj\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}