Iranian President Pezeshkian says Iran remains ready for dialogue despite being attacked during previous talks, but pressure and attacks will not force Iran to surrender

The market-relevant distinction is between rhetorical positioning ahead of talks and any signal on substance, since headline risk premia in crude have historically been built and unwound on the latter rather than the former. The actors matter here: the presidency in Iran speaks within a system where ultimate authority on security and nuclear files sits elsewhere, so presidential remarks have tended to carry less weight than signals from the supreme leadership or the negotiating team itself. Episodes of this pattern have typically seen the risk premium in front-month Brent and in freight and insurance costs for Gulf transit respond to escalation or concrete negotiating steps, not to restatements of readiness. The tells worth noting are whether any counterpart engagement follows, whether enrichment or IAEA-related channels show movement, and whether the language hardens or softens in subsequent official commentary. As it stands, this reads as status quo positioning rather than a directional shift.