NO IRAN-US TALKS DURING ARAGHCHI'S PAKISTAN VISIT, ONLY BILATERAL ENGAGEMENT - SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani's visit to Pakistan did not include any direct talks with U.S. officials, according to a senior Iranian source, reinforcing the absence of bilateral engagement between Tehran and Washington. The lack of dialogue sustains elevated geopolitical risk premiums in Middle East-sensitive assets, particularly within oil markets and regional equity flows. Investors remain cautious on any rapid de-escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions, limiting capital inflows into Iranian frontier market instruments and affecting secondary trading in sanctions-constrained debt. The transmission channel is primarily risk appetite and supply disruption fears, with Brent crude and emerging market credit default swaps most exposed. Traders will watch the upcoming IAEA nuclear monitoring report for potential escalatory signals.

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