Iran says no new progress in talks with US, diplomacy continues

The distinction between stalled negotiations and continuing mediated information exchanges matters here: the channel is open even as the political track is not moving. That keeps diplomatic risk premium in play rather than resolving it, and the explicit linkage of talks to defensive readiness signals Tehran is negotiating from a posture of deterrence, not concession. For markets sensitive to Middle East escalation, the open question is whether the mediated exchanges produce anything concrete, or whether the gap between talking and progressing widens further.