IRAN WILL NOT DISCUSS ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME BEFORE US MEETS TEHRAN'S DEMANDS: SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL TO REUTERS

A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran will not enter discussions over its nuclear programme until the United States meets Iran's stated demands, signalling a conditional and currently stalled diplomatic posture. The headline points to a standoff over sequencing, with Iran placing preconditions ahead of any negotiation, which tends to keep geopolitical risk premia elevated in energy and defence-linked assets. The most exposed instruments are crude oil and tanker freight rates, given the potential for supply-disruption repricing in the Gulf, along with Iran-linked regional sovereign debt and currencies that are sensitive to sanctions outlooks. Traders will be watching the next official US response and any scheduled IAEA Board of Governors reporting on Iran's enrichment activities, as either could confirm whether the impasse is hardening or whether a negotiating channel is reopening.

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