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June 23, 2026

Four Fingers News — Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026
 
 
FROM THE EDITOR · June 23, 2026

Day 116. Today the paperwork caught up to the promises: Treasury signed a sixty-day license letting Iranian crude move again, good through August. On paper, the embargo’s off. On the water, I’m still waiting. Tehran took the deal and kept calling Hormuz ‘closed’ over Lebanon, pledged inspectors but barred them from the sites that actually got hit, and told anyone listening it had made no new commitments. So forgive me if ‘major milestone’ lands like marketing. Oil’s sliding anyway — traders pricing barrels that exist mostly in a Federal Register notice. The market believes the supply’s coming. I’ll believe it when a tanker clears the strait and an inspector files a report. A license isn’t a cargo. Glasses up.

— T.
 
The Run Down
CHIP ROUT
Chip Selloff Circles the Globe; Seoul’s KOSPI Crashes 9.99%
A selloff in the AI and semiconductor trade that powered markets all year tore through Asia overnight: South Korea’s KOSPI plunged 9.99% — its worst day in months — and tripped a 20-minute trading halt as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each shed more than 12%, with Japan’s Nikkei off 3.5%.
IRAN
Vance Says Inspectors Are Returning; Tehran Says It Promised Nothing New
Vice President JD Vance called Iran’s agreement to readmit IAEA monitors “a major milestone” and the “first step in permanently denuclearising” the country, even as Iranian state media said Tehran made no new commitments on inspections.
OIL
Crude Steadies Near $74 as Iran Oil License Eases Supply Fears
West Texas Intermediate hovered around $73.80 and Brent near $77.80 on Tuesday after Washington cleared a 60-day window for Iranian crude exports, trimming the war premium even as tankers stay cautious in the Strait of Hormuz.
LEBANON
Israel and Hezbollah Trade Blame Over Fire Near Nabatieh
Hezbollah accused Israel of violating the days-old truce by firing on civilians clearing rubble near Nabatieh, where Lebanese media reported two people killed; the Israeli military said its troops struck armed men who threatened them on the Ali Taher ridge.
SCOTUS
Court’s Final Week Opens With Birthright Ruling Still Out
The justices enter the term’s last stretch without having decided Trump v. Barbara, the challenge to the order ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented and temporary-visa parents; a decision is expected by June 30.
NORTHWEST
Seattle Gas Sits Near $5.80 Even as Crude Slips
Seattle’s average pump price held around $5.79 a gallon and Washington’s near $5.51 — within pennies of last month’s record — even as crude eases on the Iran talks, a reminder that pump prices fall slower than they climb.
WORLD CUP
France Routs Iraq; Argentina Cruises Past Austria
Monday’s group play sent France past Iraq 3–0 and Argentina by Austria 2–0, while Norway edged Senegal 3–2 and Egypt beat New Zealand 3–1.
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