Iran Official Warns US Will Pay a Price for Any Action Against Iran

The signal here is less the threat itself than the explicit three-year horizon for energy-market turmoil, which ties a geopolitical standoff directly to the input costs that feed through to inflation and risk appetite across crypto and other risk assets. The claim that Gulf states are rapidly redefining ties with Iran is the more consequential thread, since it implies regional alignments are shifting rather than simply hardening. Whether that redefinition materializes, and whether the diplomatic track Rezaei says Tehran prefers gains traction, is the open question worth watching.