Iranian security chief Ali Larijani has denied that he reached out to Washington via Oman in an effort to resume nuclear talks, syaing “We will not negotiate with the United States.”  After initially opening up 13%, oil is catching a bid after Iranian security chief Ali Larijani made a fresh push to resume nuclear talks with Washington, Arab and US officials told the Wall Street Journal – as WTI hovers around 4% as of this writing. Larijani made the appeal through Omani mediators – which the Journal also says “confirms the ascent of Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, following the killing of the country’s theocratic leader, Ali Khamenei, on Saturday.” Larijani is overseeing Iran’s security and military effort during the conflict with Israel and the U.S. and Tehran’s attempts to find a way out of the war, though he isn’t part of a triumvirate formed to run the country after Khamenei’s death. Negotiations with the U.S. over Iran’s disputed nuclear program ended up in a stalemate Thursday, before the U.S. and Israel launched a barrage of missiles on Iran. –WSJ President Trump warned on Sunday that military operations against Iran will likely take “four to five weeks” if necessary, telling the NY Times that it “won’t be difficult” for Israel and the […]