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Ghalibaf demands seven conditions for any deal with the United States. Iran vows to change the equations against Washington and Tel Aviv.
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Ghalibaf sets battlefield terms
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told parliament that his country does not care whether Washington chooses negotiations or war, and he said, “If it accepts our seven reasonable conditions, the door to an agreement will be open.” Ghalibaf warned that if the United States makes another mistake, Iran’s “powerful Armed Forces will determine the geography of the battlefield,” and he framed the warning around the IRGC Aerospace Force’s new missile base.
“If it accepts our seven reasonable conditions, the door to an agreement will be open.”
The IRGC Aerospace Force revealed a new underground missile base housing solid-fuel missiles, medium-range missiles, and cruise missiles, which multiple reports described as a symbol of changing strategic equations in the region. The reports also said Tehran would not remain in a state of neither war nor peace, with Ghalibaf directing a direct warning to the United States that the “geography of the battle will be defined by the capabilities and will of our armed forces.”
Trump rejects a deal
President Donald Trump declared in a social media post, “We don't need a deal with Iran,” and he said, “Just a question of when we want to end it,” while also acknowledging the conflict was not over.
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf insisted that Iran was determined to end its prolonged state between war and peace through military deterrence, potentially without negotiations, and he said Washington had not formally responded to Tehran’s seven conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and resuming talks.
The reports said Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Al Mayadeen that Tehran would not transfer any of its enriched nuclear material abroad, adding, “We have informed our Russian friends that the enriched material will remain in Iran, and we will use it ourselves,”.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard also claimed it destroyed a U.S. early warning radar in Bahrain, and the reports said it could not be independently verified while Bahrain was described as home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
Regional and European spillover
The reports said Iran’s recovery of part of its military capabilities and Western and Israeli reports indicating Tehran is regaining capabilities coincided with Israeli assessments that Iran possesses more than 1,500 ballistic missiles, while the exact number was described as hard to determine. The New York Times quoted government and security officials saying Iran, or its proxies in the region, are behind a string of security breaches and threats in Britain and Europe, and it said the conspiracies supported by Iran in Britain may have been driven by the heavy presence of American forces and aircraft on British soil.
The reports also said the Military Intelligence Directorate estimates that Hizbollah in Lebanon would join the confrontation if another war with Iran breaks out, and Army Radio cited security sources that the party is actively working to enhance its drone capabilities and extend their range. The same reporting said the U.S. and Israel escalation concerns extended to intelligence officials who felt increasingly concerned about Iran’s anticipated response to attacks that the United States and Israel may launch.