Speaker: No alternative to Iran’s 14-point peace proposal
Armed Forces ready to shock aggressors, Qalibaf warns
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Monday that the United States has “no alternative” but to accept Tehran’s 14-point peace proposal, warning that any other approach would lead to repeated failure.
“There is no alternative but to accept the rights of the Iranian people as laid out in the 14-point proposal. Any other approach will be completely inconclusive; nothing but one failure after another”, Qalibaf wrote in a post on X.
“The longer they drag their feet, the more American taxpayers will pay for it”.
Iran’s 14-point proposal includes the withdrawal of American forces from the region, removal of sanctions on Iran, reparations payments, end to fighting in Lebanon and a new method to govern the Strait of Hormuz.
The proposal has been submitted to the US through Pakistan, which has been mediating talks.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump said, “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” in a post on Truth Social.
Trump has repeatedly urged Iran to permanently dismantle its nuclear enrichment program – the issue that Iran always said will not negotiate on it.
Trump has threatened new aggression against Iran if Tehran does not accept the US proposal.
Ready for new confrontation
Qalibaf in a separate post on X said that Iran’s armed forces are battle-ready to deliver a crushing, well-deserved response to any aggression, warning enemies that mistaken strategies will only bring them disastrous results.
“Our armed forces are ready to deliver a well-deserved response to any aggression; mistaken strategy and mistaken decisions will always lead to mistaken results. The whole world has already figured this out. We are prepared for all options; they will be surprised,” Qalibaf said.
Ali Akbar Velayati, a top advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Monday that the US will never be able to win in diplomacy against Iran after it lost on the battlefield.
No victory for US
Velayati said that Trump is wrongly thinking that he could pressure Iran into a deal to conclude a war of aggression that came to a halt with a ceasefire in early April.
“We defeated you on the battlefield; never imagine that you will emerge victorious in diplomacy,” said Velayati.
He referred to a recent social media post by Trump, in which the US president claimed Iran had underestimated and laughed at the US for decades, while repeating his threats against Iran and saying, “They will be laughing no longer!”
“Trump says ‘Iran will no longer laugh’ while boasting about a ‘glorious ceasefire.’ Yet he threatens Iran with nuclear innuendos as if he still believes the Pentagon’s lies about hiding the heavy casualties of American soldiers,” said Velayati.
The former Iranian foreign minister also pointed to Trump’s upcoming visit to China, where he is expected to repeat his claims about victory against Iran, saying the US president shouldn’t exploit the calm and restraint in Iran.
He said that Iran’s response to the US-Israeli war of aggression, which involved attacks on various targets in the region and the establishment of new shipping rules in the Persian Gulf, had changed the geopolitical order in the region.