Iran's Ghalibaf sends fresh warning to US, says Tehran will dictate terms of war in case of ‘mistakes’

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Ghalibaf warned the US against committing further miscalculations and said Iran's armed forces would dictate the territorial parameters of any ensuing conflict. | World News

Iran's Parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf has asserted that Tehran will not remain in a state of ‘neither war nor peace’ with the United States amid simmering tensions and continued deadlock over a definitive peace deal, semi-state Mehr News Agency reported.

Ghalibaf, who is also Iran's chief negotiator, warned the US against committing further miscalculations, saying that the Islamic Republic's armed forces would dictate the territorial parameters of any ensuing conflict.

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He also dismissed US treasury secretary Scott Bessent's remarks and dubbed them as ‘diplomatic frustration.’

“The absurd statements and immoral language of the US Treasury Secretary reveal their profound desperation in the face of the Islamic Republic’s authority on the international stage. Someone who has fled their own home for military bunkers out of fear of looming threats would do better to reflect on their strategic failures in the Persian Gulf, rather than insulting great and heroic nations,” he was quoted as saying.

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Bessent has claimed that he relocated from his Washington residence to a military base on Secret Service instructions following Iranian death threats.

Ghalibaf reiterated that such provocative rhetoric merely exposed profound uneasiness regarding the expanding international influence of the Iranian state, with Mehr highlighting the condemnation.

Meanwhile, the conflict in West Asia continues to flare and Bahrain on Sunday was targeted by ‘Iranian projectiles’.

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