US oil rig count for week ended Sep 18 due in 10 minutes.

Iranian parliament speaker Ghalibaf posted a mock “Strait Taylor equation” on X, inserting the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb into a Taylor‑rule style formula and taunting that a 25bp Fed hike “can't open a choke point” or produce a barrel of oil. The post appeared hours before the Federal Reserve's 25bp rate increase. Market analysts called the move political signalling intended to underscore Iran's ability to impose a supply‑risk premium via maritime security and to argue that monetary tightening cannot remedy physically disrupted oil flows. A Washington policy researcher added the timing suggests the messaging was meant to make U.S. consumers and markets more directly feel the economic cost of conflict.

伊朗革命卫队：愿为伊朗献身的勇士是敌人的噩梦。