IRAN'S ARMED FORCES CHIEF ABDOLLAHI SAYS TEHRAN'S FIVE PRINCIPLES FOR LASTING REGIONAL PEACE INCLUDE END TO WAR ON ALL FRONTS, INCLUDING LEBANON AND GAZA - TASNIM

Iran's armed forces chief Abdollahi, as reported by Tasnim, outlined five principles Tehran considers necessary for lasting regional peace, including an end to hostilities on all fronts, explicitly covering Lebanon and Gaza. The statement is a diplomatic position rather than a policy action, and the headline itself does not specify timelines, mechanisms, or commitments from other parties. The main market transmission channel is geopolitical risk premia: a credible move toward de-escalation would typically compress the risk premium embedded in oil, defense equities, and safe-haven demand for gold and Treasuries, while any perception of a hardening stance would widen it. Crude oil and Gulf-linked energy assets are the most sensitive exposures, given the potential for shipping disruption and supply-route concerns in the region, with regional equity indices and sovereign spreads for Israel and Gulf states also reacting to shifts in escalation expectations. Traders will be watching for official responses from Washington, Jerusalem, and Gulf capitals, along with weekly Brent inventory data and any movement in Strait of Hormuz transit volumes, as confirmation of whether

HIGH-impact news is typically a market-moving event with multi-pip or multi-percent intraday reactions. Examples include central bank rate decisions, major CPI/NFP releases, geopolitical shocks, mega-cap earnings beats/misses, and regulatory announcements. Traders typically position-reduce or hedge ahead of scheduled HIGH-impact events, and follow the wire in real time to react to unscheduled ones (war headlines, central-bank emergency statements, surprise corporate actions). The Trading News Terminal squawk box reads every HIGH-impact headline aloud the moment it hits the wire — so active traders don't have to stare at the feed.

Active traders typically follow a three-step workflow when a market-moving headline hits the wire: (1) read the headline on the terminal or hear it on the squawk box; (2) assess whether the news is already priced in (by checking intraday price action in the seconds before) or whether it's genuinely new information; (3) act — either entering a breakout position, fading an overreaction, or tightening stops on existing trades. Trading News Terminal's Pro plan delivers wire-grade headlines within seconds of the source, with automatic audio squawk on every HIGH-impact event, so the read-assess-act cycle never waits on a refresh button.