The Iran War Roils Oil Markets as Gasoline Prices Rise in the U.S.
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 9 March 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:32.6 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. As the Iran war enters its |
| 0:40.9 | 10th day, the U.S. military continues to make progress degrading Iran's military and its infrastructure |
| 0:48.4 | and political leadership. But costs are also rising as part of the war with the seventh American casualty and rising oil |
| 0:57.8 | prices causing anxiety in financial markets around the world. Meanwhile, Iran picks a new leader who |
| 1:05.7 | turns out to be the son of the old leader. Will there be any change inside Iran from that appointment? |
| 1:12.6 | Where does the war go from here? That's our subject for today on Potomac Watch. |
| 1:18.0 | Welcome, I'm Paul Giego, the editor of the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:21.8 | This is our daily podcast, and I'm here with Kate Bachelder-Odell and Joe Sternberg, who have their eyes and ears on all things Iran and the markets. |
| 1:32.5 | Let's start by listening to the president talk on the weekend about the progress he sees in the war. |
| 1:39.0 | We've accomplished more than one week than anyone thought possible. |
| 1:41.9 | We've wiped out their Navy, 44 ships. We've wiped out their Navy 44 ships. We've wiped out their |
| 1:46.5 | Air Force every plane. We've wiped out most of their missiles. You see the missiles aren't coming |
| 1:51.4 | much anymore. We've also hit the manufacturing areas where they make the missiles very hard. |
| 1:58.6 | Their drone capacity is way down. And we've heard them where it hurts, including about every form of leadership you can have. We've wiped out. |
| 2:09.7 | Well, Kate, what do you think of the president's assessment there? |
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