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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on November 20 that Iran is effectively in a 'full-scale war' with the United States, warning that economic pressure could fuel social unrest and erode public support for the state. The rhetoric raises Middle East geopolitical risk premia, a channel that typically supports oil (WTI/Brent) and gold while pressuring broader risk appetite, though this was a verbal escalation rather than a military action. Watch for concrete follow-through — new US sanctions, strikes, or Strait of Hormuz friction — since without it, the market impact of rhetoric alone tends to fade quickly.
As a Macro signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around CL=F, GC=F, BTC.
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