Key facts
- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated the US has pursued a "failed strategy."
- Ghalibaf described US President Trump's remarks about a potential large attack followed by a request for negotiations as "theatre diplomacy on a loop."
- Ghalibaf called for the US to "acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments."
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated on Thursday that Washington has pursued a "failed strategy" and called on the US to "acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments."
In reference to President Trump's earlier comments that the US had been preparing to launch what he described as "the biggest attack since World War II" before Iranian officials asked for negotiations, Ghalibaf called this "theatre diplomacy on a loop."
"Massive attack coming… wait, never mind, they want to negotiate." That’s theater diplomacy on loop. Using bullying + broken promises + fake news as leverage is a failed strategy. Acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments. We don’t need more theater, Ghalibaf wrote on X.