Iran Says It Is Prepared for Three Scenarios With US, Including Military Aggression

The explicit framing of a military scenario alongside economic and diplomatic ones marks a shift in tone from Tehran, and the stated loss of faith in Washington's reliability is the substantive part: it suggests any future talks would start from a much lower trust baseline. For energy and sanctions-exposed markets, the signal is that escalation risk is being priced into official thinking rather than treated as a tail case. Whether the three-scenario framing reflects genuine contingency planning or bargaining posture is the open question.