Axios' Ravid on Iran's Secretary of the Supreme State Razaei comments, says he rejects the latest US position on the deal to resume the ceasefire and launch negotiations

Axios' Ravid on Iran's Secretary of the Supreme State Razaei comments, says he rejects the latest US position on the deal to resume the ceasefire and launch negotiations.

Rejection of a US position by a senior Iranian security figure follows the established rhythm of Iran-US ceasefire diplomacy: positions are typically rejected publicly before being revised privately, and single-source reporting of one official's remarks has historically overstated breakdowns that subsequent rounds quietly repaired. The distinction that matters for crude pricing is between a delay in talks and a collapse of the ceasefire itself; the former has tended to fade within sessions, the latter is what has restored a durable risk premium through freight, insurance, and prompt spreads rather than the flat price alone. It is also worth noting who is speaking: statements from security and military-adjacent figures in Iran have often run ahead of, or harder than, the line ultimately taken by the negotiating track, so the tell is whether the foreign ministry and the actual delegation echo the rejection. Follow-ons to watch are any US response framing, mediator activity, and tanker-market indications of whether physical flows are being treated as at risk. Until physical disruption is priced in shipping rather than headlines, episodes of this kind have tended to retrace.