US violating ceasefire, says Iran’s top negotiator

Iran's top negotiator says US aiming to force Tehran's 'surrender'

TEHRAN: Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Wednesday that Washington was seeking Tehran’s surrender through various means, including a naval blockade. “The enemy, in its new design, is seeking, through a naval blockade, economic pressure and media manipulation, to destroy the country’s cohesion in order to force us to surrender,” Ghalibaf said in a voice message published on his official Telegram channel. The influential speaker…

‘Hormuz unbearable for the US’ – ‘Marines will end up in an abattoir’

IRANIAN Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned yesterday that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is becoming ‘unbearable’ for the United States, while Tehran has ‘not even started yet.’ A ‘new equation’ is being established in the strategic waterway, he said. ‘The security of shipping and energy transit has been endangered by the United […]

US violating ceasefire, says Iran’s top negotiator

US violating ceasefire, says Iran’s top negotiator The speaker of Iran’s parliament – and their top negotiator in last month’s talks with the US – says the US has jeopardised shipping and energy security in the Strait of Hormuz. In a post on X this morning in Persian – following Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom” beginning […] The post US violating ceasefire, says Iran’s top negotiator first appeared on The Zambian Observer.

Iran’s Ghalibaf says US ‘evil will diminish’ amid Hormuz tensions

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday said that the United States’ influence in the region will “diminish,” as the tensions escalated over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy and shipping route. In a post on social media, Ghalibaf accused the US and its allies of jeopardising maritime security by violating a ceasefire and imposing restrictions that he described as a blockade on shipping activity. “A new equatio…