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Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf rejected recent diplomatic overtures from the United States, describing the recurring pattern of threats followed by calls for negotiation as "theater diplomacy." He called on Washington to acknowledge current realities and fulfill existing commitments, and said that additional rounds of the same cycle serve no purpose.
Ghalibaf's case against current U.S. tactics The parliament speaker said relying on bullying, broken promises, and misinformation as instruments of pressure is a failed strategy.
He did not present these as tactical errors. He characterized them as features of the approach. His remarks were not pegged to a specific recent exchange.
Ghalibaf addressed the pattern in general terms, describing the rotation between escalation and outreach as a recognizable cycle. Conditions placed on Washington Ghalibaf set two demands.
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