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title: "U.S. Lawmaker Urges SEC Investigation into Pre-Iran Strike Market Activity"
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url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/282105623.md"
description: "A U.S. lawmaker, Representative Ritchie Torres, has called for an investigation into unusual trading activities in oil and stock futures markets prior to President Trump's delayed military strike on Iran. He expressed concerns over the suspicious nature of the trading, urging the SEC and CFTC to conduct a formal investigation and obtain trading records linked to these activities that occurred just before Trump's March 23 announcement."
datetime: "2026-04-08T23:03:33.000Z"
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# U.S. Lawmaker Urges SEC Investigation into Pre-Iran Strike Market Activity

A U.S. lawmaker has called for an investigation into unusual trading activities in the oil and stock futures markets prior to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to delay a military strike on Iran last month. According to BlockBeats, Representative Ritchie Torres expressed concerns over the suspicious nature of the trading, citing the speed, scale, and structure of the transactions. Torres, a Democrat, emphasized the need for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to take action. He urged these regulatory bodies to conduct a formal investigation into the trading activities that occurred just minutes before Trump's March 23 post, and to obtain the trading records associated with these accounts.

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