Iranian Foreign Minister says mediators are making efforts to push the diplomatic track forward, Al Arabiya reports

Statements of this kind from Tehran sit at the softer end of the Iran headline spectrum: mediation language rather than retaliation language, and in past episodes the market-relevant distinction has been whether such comments accompany an actual negotiating round or merely keep a channel open. The pattern in comparable diplomatic phases is that crude gives back part of its geopolitical premium on de-escalatory rhetoric, with the move concentrated in the front of the futures curve and in the freight and insurance components tied to Gulf transit, while spot physical differentials adjust more slowly. Attribution matters here: remarks carried through regional media rather than official state channels have historically been lower-grade signals, and comments from the foreign ministry have tended to be more constructive in tone than those from the security establishment, whose posture has often diverged. The follow-ons that have mattered in prior cycles are confirmation from the mediating party, any scheduling of talks, and whether the other side reciprocates the framing, since one-sided optimism has repeatedly faded without a counterpart statement. As a headline rather than an event, the signal is directional and reversible on the next contradictory remark.