{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"story":{"id":"https://mediabias.news/business/iran-resumes-offensive-posture-as-60-day-us-truce-expires-lifting-oil-and-yields","slug":"iran-resumes-offensive-posture-as-60-day-us-truce-expires-lifting-oil-and-yields","url":"https://mediabias.news/business/iran-resumes-offensive-posture-as-60-day-us-truce-expires-lifting-oil-and-yields","title":"Iran resumes offensive posture as 60-day US truce expires, lifting oil and yields","subtitle":"Brent crude futures rose to US$91.06 a barrel and US Treasury yields climbed after Tehran announced a shift in military stance","excerpt":"Oil prices rose more than US$2 and US Treasury yields increased after the 60-day US-Iran truce ended on 17 August 2026. Tehran said it would adopt a 'fully offensive' military posture, pushing Brent crude to US$91.06 and the 10-year yield to 4.728%. 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Tehran announced it would shift to a 'fully offensive' military posture, as reported by PerthNow. Oil prices rose more than US$2 on 16 August, with Brent crude futures up 0.2% to US$91.06 a barrel when trading resumed in Asia on 18 August."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"US Treasury yields increased. The 10-year yield rose 0.8 basis points to 4.728%, and the 30-year yield climbed 0.6 basis points to 5.3146%, its highest level in more than two decades, according to PerthNow. Asian equity markets showed mixed results: MSCI’s Asia-Pacific index (excluding Japan) gained 0.8%, South Korea’s KOSPI rose over 3%, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.3%."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"ING analysts, quoted by PerthNow, said the US 10-year yield moving above 4.65% had previously prompted reassurances from the Trump administration about resolving the conflict with Iran. This time, they said, there were no indications of an imminent resolution."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned the specific figures for US Treasury yields or the mixed performance of Asian equity markets. 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