Iranian MP says before any negotiations, the US must accept Iran's conditions, reports Fars

Precondition-setting of this kind is a standard opening position in US-Iran exchanges and has historically been more reliable as a marker of where the cycle sits than as an obstacle in itself: episodes of this kind have tended to begin with public maximalism from parliamentarians and semi-official outlets before any substantive track engages, with Fars often used to signal to the domestic audience rather than to Washington. The tell that has mattered in prior rounds is the rank of the speaker and whether the demand is repeated by the foreign ministry or the Supreme Leader's office; a lone MP statement has historically carried little weight compared with parallel messaging from the negotiating apparatus itself. For crude, the transmission channel is the perceived probability of sanctions relief and incremental Iranian barrels returning to market, and rhetoric that hardens the pre-negotiation stance has tended to trim that probability at the margin, supporting front-month WTI and Brent via the prompt spreads rather than the back of the curve. What distinguishes episodes that escalate from episodes that fade is whether the rhetoric is accompanied by action on enrichment, shipping, or regional proxies; words alone have rarely sustained a premium beyond the session. Worth noting is whether any counter-signal emerges from the US side or from indirect intermediaries, since the sequence of public conditions followed by quiet back-channel contact has been the recurring pattern rather than the exception.