Vance: No Deadline Set for Resuming Strikes on Iran

The absence of a deadline is itself the signal: Washington is keeping military pressure available while leaving diplomatic room open, and Tehran's read that the US tone has "completely changed" suggests both sides see a window. For energy and risk-asset markets, the relevant variable is not the rhetoric but whether talks actually convene, since a credible negotiating track tends to soften the geopolitical risk premium that strike threats create. The open question is whether Iran follows the letter with the substantive nuclear action Vance is demanding, or whether the optimism fades back into standoff.