Iran’s President Says Talks With an ‘Enemy’ That Keeps Breaking Promises Are Pointless

The signal here is less the rhetoric than the split within Iran's own messaging: the president dismisses talks with an 'enemy' while the foreign minister simultaneously insists diplomacy has never been abandoned. That dual track matters for markets because it keeps the door to de-escalation technically open without committing to it, leaving risk premia in energy and shipping sensitive to which voice carries. Whether Tehran's diplomatic channel produces anything concrete, or remains cover for a harder line, is the open question.