Iranian president reportedly says Tehran is willing to make US deal

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reportedly said Iran is willing to make a peace deal with the U.S. before the November midterms. Pezeshkian said Iran does not want talks to continue until the elections. Pezeshkian urged the U.S. to return to a June memorandum of understanding that established a framework for a temporary ceasefire before it collapsed. President Donald Trump said in his United Nations address that his administration could reach a peace agreement with Iran after the midterms. Pezeshkian said in a Fox interview that Iran does not seek war. He said Iran is forced to defend itself when attacked. Polymarket assigned an 8% chance to a U.S.-Iran agreement over traffic in the Strait of Hormuz by September 30. That probability rose 5 percentage points in a week. The probability of the U.S. lifting its naval blockade of Iran by the end of the month was 9%. The probability rose to 31% by the end of October.