Iranian President Pezeshkian says in Fox New interview that Iran does not want a nuclear bomb

Statements of this kind from Iranian officials sit in a long pattern of calibrated public signalling, where the audience is as much Washington and the Gulf intermediaries as the American public; a sit-down with US media is itself the message, a format used in past episodes to float terms before formal channels reopen.

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  • They reached an agreement with the US President that was signed, and are still ready to move forward based on the same principles, adds it wasn't Iran that closed the Strait of Hormuz and it was open.
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The claim that a signed agreement with the US exists, and that Iran is ready to move forward on the same principles, is the operative line: assertions of this sort have historically been contested or quietly denied by the other side, and the tell is whether Washington confirms, deflects, or stays silent, since public disagreement has tended to unwind such initiatives within days. The Hormuz framing is the other live thread: Tehran has repeatedly used threats and denials around the strait as leverage, and the claim that it remained open is best read as an attempt to keep the tanker risk premium out of crude while talks are alive. For oil, the established pattern in de-escalatory signalling episodes is softening in the prompt crude spreads and freight and insurance costs, with the move reversing if follow-through stalls. What matters next is any US corroboration, the tone from regional actors, and whether scheduled diplomatic contacts are confirmed rather than denied.

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