Iranian President says the Supreme Leader has granted authority to negotiate, Al Hadath reports

Iranian President says the Supreme Leader has granted authority to negotiate, Al Hadath reports.

Signals of negotiating authority delegated from the Supreme Leader to the elected government have historically been the first procedural step in Iranian diplomatic thaws, since in Iran's system the presidency can only talk meaningfully once the Leader's office is seen to have sanctioned it; the delegation itself is the headline, not any substantive offer. Comparable episodes have tended to follow a sequence of authorisation, then indirect or back-channel contact, then public confirmation of talks, with each step capable of being reversed, and hardline domestic pushback a recurring spoiler. The transmission channel in past cycles has run through crude via the geopolitical risk premium and the prospect of sanctioned barrels returning, with freight and insurance repricing on any change in enforcement posture, and regional proxies' behaviour a separate variable that talks do not necessarily control. Worth noting that the sourcing is a regional broadcaster relaying the president's remarks, and Iranian officials have on prior occasions floated negotiating openness that the Leader's office subsequently narrowed or disavowed. The tells are whether the Leader's own office or the Guards corroborate the mandate, whether the counterparty acknowledges contact, and what conditions are attached on each side.