Iran FM Acknowledges Partial Progress But Denies Deal Is Close
๐๏ธ TEHRAN โ Progress confirmed, deal denied, and Washington blamed for the gap. ๐ LOOK CLOSER: "Institutionalized vacillation" is Tehran's formal on-record indictment of Rubio's dual-track messaging โ deal possible plus Israeli self-defense endorsed simultaneously. Iran's FM is signaling to its own hardliners that no capitulation is imminent while keeping the channel open. Markets pricing a near-term MOU just absorbed a direct contradiction from the party that must sign it.