Iran President Pezeshkian Tells UN Iran Willing to Negotiate, Rejects Coercion

The signal here is rhetorical positioning rather than a policy shift: a public offer to talk, paired with an explicit refusal of pressure-based terms. For markets that price Middle East risk, the distinction matters less than whether it is reciprocated by the other parties named in the speech, since the practical question is whether sanctions or military threats are eased in parallel. Whether this opens a channel or simply resets the public framing of the standoff is the open question.