Iranian President Says Dialogue No Surrender

“We will never bow our heads before the enemy, and if conversation arises for dialogue or negotiations, this does not mean surrender or withdrawal”, Iranian President Massoud Peschian said in an X post.

Instead, the goal is to protect the rights of the Iranian nation and to protect national interests by force imposed”, he added.

Time is working against Americans. It is in their interest not to act foolishly and to sink deeper into the Batak where they have fallen”, posted Ebrahim Rezai, a member of the security committee in the Iranian parliament.

The best option is to give up and make concessions. You must adapt to the new regional order”, Rezaie said.

Parliament's deputy head of hard line, Ali Niksad, said the United States has chosen to test their <x0thoft against a large and powerful Iran, and now you must accept the consequences”.

Iranian state media have provided little detail for the response sent through a Pakistani mediator, except that “under the proposed framework, negotiations at this stage will focus on the issue of ending the war in the region”.

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