Iran speaker Ghalibaf rules out US deal without securing rights

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf declared that Tehran will not approve any deal with the United States unless the rights of the Iranian people are secured, stressing mistrust in U.S. promises.

Tehran: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said on Sunday that Tehran would not agree to any deal with the United States until the rights of the Iranian people were secured.

Addressing an online parliamentary session, Ghalibaf stressed that Iranian negotiators had no trust in the “enemy’s” words and promises, according to the official news agency IRNA.

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“Our criterion is tangible achievements that we must attain in order to fulfil our commitments in return,” he said. “We will not approve any agreement until we are sure that we have secured the Iranian nation’s rights,” Xinhua news agency reported.

The Speaker referred to Iran’s “achievements” on the battlefield and said the task of diplomacy was to transform “these victories into political and legal achievements”.

He warned that in a new phase of the conflict, the “enemies” were seeking to sow internal discord through economic pressure and media propaganda to force Iran to surrender, and expressed confidence that the Iranian people would resist such efforts.

In a post on social media platform X on Friday, Ghalibaf said: “We obtain concessions not through dialogue, but with missiles; in negotiations we merely make them understandable.”

Separately, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Sunday that 28 vessels, including oil tankers, container ships and commercial vessels, had passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours after obtaining permission and receiving protection from its Navy.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump said the United States was close to reaching a nuclear agreement with Iran but warned that military action remained an option if negotiations failed.

In an interview with Fox News at the White House, Trump said his administration’s priority was ensuring that Iran never obtained a nuclear weapon.

“We’re close to a very good deal, and if we can make it good, otherwise we just start up with the Department of War, as we call it,” Trump said.

Trump also said Iran had agreed to language barring it from developing or acquiring a nuclear weapon.