Oil prices DROP to pre-Iran-conflict levels

The price of oil has fallen to pre-conflict levels after more than four months of a damaging surge from the conflict with Iran.

On Friday, Brent Crude oil traded at about $72 and has fallen farther to $70 on Tuesday, just below the $72 mark before the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran commenced in late February.

‘We’re either going to make a deal, or we’re going to finish the job. It won’t be tough to finish the job.’

President Donald Trump faced some criticism after gas prices spiked from the Strait of Hormuz shutting down. In recent weeks he has been working on a peace agreement to open up traffic in the pivotal trade route.

Oil prices spiked slightly on Monday after a strike was reported on