Iran's security chief stated, as reported by the state news agency IRNA, that Tehran will not enter negotiations unless the United States first builds trust, signaling continued diplomatic deadlock between the two countries. The transmission channel here runs through geopolitical risk premia and risk appetite, as persistent hostility without a negotiating track tends to keep a premium on oil, shipping insurance, and regional sovereign assets while discouraging capital inflows into Iranian markets. Assets most directly exposed include Iran-linked instruments and regional equities and currencies, with crude benchmarks sensitive to any perceived escalation in Gulf supply risk through strategic chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz. Traders will watch the next official US response and any scheduled indirect-channel contacts, as a concrete signal of whether the stated precondition opens a path to talks or hardens the current stalemate.
*IRAN SECURITY CHIEF SAYS NO TALKS UNLESS US BUILDS TRUST: IRNA
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