Reports
from Kyodo News and Reuters cited Iranian officials saying the proposal was
passed to Washington through mediators ahead of the U.N. General Assembly.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed back on NBC's Today show, accusing some media of favoring Iran and stressing that the regime run by 'lunatic clerics' must never get a nuclear weapon.
Iranian sources dismissed the reports as false, while Saudi Arabia's pipeline restart and U.S. mine-clearing efforts added to supply hopes, driving the 3 percent price drop.