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The Advocate
Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
 
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Watching gas prices

BY ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana Business Editor​ ​ ​

President Donald Trump's decision to enter the war between Iran and Israel has the world on edge for the possibility of an escalating conflict. One area of rising concern in Louisiana and across the U.S. is what the missile attacks in the oil-rich region — and resulting military or economic retaliation — could mean for prices at pump.

Oil prices rose on Sunday night but tumbled Monday afternoon following an Iranian missile attack on U.S. military bases in Qatar and Iraq

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