# Why Saudi Just Abandoned Its Core Oil Rule

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- Published: 2026-10-26T16:00:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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Few could argue with U.S. President Donald Trump’s key objective in launching ‘Operation Epic Fury’ against Iran on 28 February -- to prevent Iran from ever being able to develop a nuclear weapon. All members of his Cabinet fully backed this aim at the time, as they did the other three: to effect regime change, to critically degrade Iran’s ballistic missile capability, and to neutralise the abilit

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