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Oil prices surged this morning on media reports that Israel is planning a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Iran and the United States will hold a fifth round of talks in Rome on Friday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program

Iran has said it will attend a fifth round of nuclear talks with the United States in Rome on Friday. The talks are aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. CNN’s Fred Pleitgen is in Tehran ahead of the talks,

At an international conference in Tehran, top Iranian officials said they were eager to make a deal with Trump but that they wouldn’t buckle under pressure.