Iran Says Deal to End Mideast War 'Declaration of US Defeat'
Iran’s top negotiator said the agreement ended the Middle East war on terms that preserved the Islamic republic’s system of rule.
- Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding a "declaration of America's defeat" on Wednesday, stating the deal was finalized through Pakistan's mediation.
- The war ended last week after a massive US-Israeli campaign of strikes against Iran sowed regional chaos, with Tehran blockading key waterways and launching thousands of drones and missiles at Gulf neighbors.
- President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that Iran "fully and completely agreed" to United Nations inspections, but Iran denied any such intention; International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said inspections will occur "whether this happens today after tomorrow or in one week or in 10 days."
- A top American diplomat arrived in Abu Dhabi to tour Gulf countries hit hardest by Tehran, reaffirming that "no country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway."
- While Ghalibaf called for a future of "interaction and not in elimination," Yale University lecturer Arash Azizi warned that "factions seriously opposed to the talks and to any compromises with the US" threaten the agreement's durability.
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Washington. The U.S. and Iran proclaimed yesterday separately their victory in the war. President Donald Trump said: “We are winning by far. Iran is making very important concessions,” while the leader of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, stated that the memorandum reached is “a declaration of defeat by the U.S..”
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For Iran, the Memorandum of Understanding with the United States is a "declaration of defeat of the United States," claimed its chief negotiator.
US-Iran MoU a ‘declaration of America’s defeat,’ says Tehran’s chief negotiator
Ghalibaf also defended Palestinian terrorism as “an expression of a nation’s legitimate resistance in the face of occupation.” By JNS The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding was “a declaration of America’s defeat,” Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Wednesday. Iran’s armed forces imposed “heavy costs on the United States and the so-called Israeli regime” during the 110-day war, Ghalibaf told a meeting of the Parliament…
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