Iran’s Foreign Minister: Armed Forces Fully Prepared, Diplomacy Still Given a Chance

The dual messaging — full military readiness paired with active diplomacy through mediators — signals Tehran is keeping both escalation and de-escalation options open rather than committing to either. The reference to a compressed "seven-day plan" studied alongside continuous mediator contact suggests a narrow window in which talks could either crystallize or collapse. For markets, the relevant variable is not the rhetoric itself but whether that diplomatic channel produces a concrete framework; the pace at which proposals move from study to implementation is the open question worth watching.