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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T15:43:45.000Z",
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    "Breaking News",
    "Iran",
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    "United States",
    "Corruption",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Foreign Policy",
    "Middle East",
    "Stock market",
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  "textContent": "Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called it: President Trump is using his war on Iran for blatant market manipulation.\n\n“Heads-up: Pre-market so-called ‘news’ or ‘Truth’ is often just a setup for profit-taking. Basically, it’s a reverse indicator. Do the opposite: If they pump it, short it. If they dump it, go long,” Ghalibaf wrote on X Sunday afternoon. “See something tomorrow? You know the drill.”\n\nSure enough, Trump posted that “Great progress has been made” regarding a peace treaty with Iran at 7:26 a.m. on Monday, two hours before markets opened—and they responded accordingly.\n\nThe Kobeissi Letter documented how Ghalibaf—and Trump’s—announcements played out in the stock market. “At 4:12 PM ET on Sunday, Iran’s Speaker of the Parliament said pre-market news is a ‘reverse indicator’ and if they ‘dump’ the market, then ‘go long.’ At 6:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures opened nearly -1% lower and fell just 30 points away from correction territory. By 11:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures had reversed all losses and turned green,” the analysis noted. “Then, at 7:25 AM ET today, President Trump posted that ‘great progress’ is being made on Iran peace talks. Now, the S&P 500 is trading +100 points above its low seen just hours ago, adding +$900 billion in market cap. We are in the most unusual times in market history.”\n\n> You can't make this up:\n>\n> Iran's trading advice to US investors actually worked.\n>\n> At 4:12 PM ET on Sunday, Iran's Speaker of the Parliament said pre-market news is a \"reverse indicator\" and if they \"dump\" the market, then \"go long.\"\n>\n> At 6:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures opened nearly… pic.twitter.com/8Go1arl7yT\n>\n> — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) March 30, 2026\n\nTrump has also been trying to manipulate the market to drive down the price of oil, though it’s not exactly working. Last week, the S&P 500 saw a $3 trillion market cap swing in just 56 minutes after Trump announced he’d “POSTPONE ANY AND ALL MILITARY STRIKES” just hours before the market opened. Ghalibaf—a conservative who is now one of the highest-ranking leaders in Iran—just made the game clear to American investors.",
  "title": "Trump Manipulates Markets With Extreme Early Morning Iran Announcement"
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