Oil markets have been dominated in recent weeks by Russia's threatening posture toward Ukraine
The comments came at a time when envoys from Iran and other parties are engaged in negotiations in the Austrian capital of Vienna to restore a 2015 nuclear deal
The benchmark oil prices are also in line for their first weekly decline after seven consecutive weekly gains
Brent crude futures rose 65 cents, or 0.7%, to $92.20 a barrel at 1140 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $90.64 a barrel, up 98 cents, or 1.1%
Brent crude futures rose 41 cents, or 0.5%, to $91.19 a barrel by 0422 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $89.74 a barrel, up 38 cents, or 0.4%
Ahead of the resumption of indirect talks between the United States and Iran on Tuesday, oil prices eased
The Biden administration has been trying to revive the deal, which lifted sanctions against Tehran in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear activities
The United States pulled out of the Vienna accord in 2018 under then President Donald Trump and reimposed heavy sanctions on Iran
Diplomats and analysts say the longer Iran remains outside the deal, the more nuclear expertise it will gain
The Biden administration restored some sanctions relief to Iran's atomic programme as talks aimed at salvaging the languishing 2015 nuclear deal enter a critical phase.
Talks on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, were paused temporarily, the European Union has said
Iran does not consider an interim deal in ongoing negotiations in the Austrian capital of Vienna aimed to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, a report said
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani said that the disputes, or so-called "open parenthesis", are decreasing in the ongoing Vienna talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
A meeting on lifting sanctions was held in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Saturday with the participation of experts from Iran and other remaining parties to the 2015 nuclear deal
Iran's top negotiator in the Vienna talks on restoration of the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal has said that negotiations have made "good progress" in the removal of US sanctions over the past few days.
The latest round of talks in Vienna, the eighth, opened 10 days after negotiations were adjourned for the Iranian negotiator to return home for consultations
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has called for a balanced deal in the Vienna negotiations between Iran and other parties to the 2015 nuclear deal.
The Iranian foreign ministry denied has a claim by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that there were direct talks between the two countries over the past few months
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister and top negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani announced that the ongoing talks on the 2015 nuclear deal will continue after a few days' break.
Arab League Secretary General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit has discussed in Cairo with the visiting IAEA Director General, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the nuclear issues in Iran and Israel