Iran's Parliament Speaker Rejects Trump's Claims, Says U.S. "Diplomacy" Has Failed

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's recent remarks on negotiations with Tehran, accusing Washington of pursuing a failed strategy based on threats and insisting that genuine diplomacy requires the United States to honor its commitments.

In a post on X, Ghalibaf responded directly to Trump's claims by urging the U.S. president to "face reality and accept your defeat."

"The U.S. diplomacy show has once again failed," Ghalibaf wrote, adding that if Washington truly seeks diplomacy, it must fulfill its obligations rather than rely on pressure and coercion.

The speaker criticized what he described as contradictory U.S. messaging, saying Washington alternates between threatening Iran with military action and calling for negotiations, portraying the approach as a repetitive and unsuccessful cycle.

He further argued that strategies based on threats, intimidation, broken promises, and what he called the spread of false information had failed, declaring that "the era of this kind of diplomacy is over."

Concluding his statement, Ghalibaf said Iran's only demand is "acknowledgment of the facts and implementation of commitments," adding that Tehran no longer needs "more political theater."

His remarks came a day after Trump said he wanted to reach an agreement with Iran and claimed Tehran had approached Washington to prevent what he described as a planned large-scale U.S. military strike.

"I want to make a deal with Iran because I don't want people to be killed," Trump said on Wednesday, adding that the United States had prepared what he described as the largest military strike against Iran since World War II before Iranian officials contacted Washington and requested that the attack be called off in favor of negotiations.

Responding to Iranian denials, Trump insisted that Tehran had indeed initiated the request for talks.

"Even though they say they never said that, and the fake news media is hiding the truth, they know they made that request," Trump said, adding that negotiations were now underway and "we'll see what happens."

Trump also said Iran now respects the United States and sharply criticized previous U.S. administrations, claiming that "for 50 years, no president did what needed to be done regarding Iran."

At the same time, he reiterated that Washington's red line remains unchanged, stressing that the United States "will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon."

The latest exchange highlights the continuing war of words between Washington and Tehran as both sides issue conflicting accounts over the status of diplomatic contacts following months of heightened military tensions.