Speaker: Tehran will determine geography of battlefield if US begins new war
Iran’s Parliament speaker warned that if the United States launches another war against Iran, the “geography of the battlefield will be determined by the capabilities and resolve of Iran’s Armed Forces”.
“If the United States makes a mistake this time, the geography of the battlefield will be determined by the capabilities and resolve of Iran’s Armed Forces, not by their wishes and intentions,” Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said in an address to an open session of the parliament on Sunday.
The remarks echoed instructions conveyed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei during a meeting with senior military commanders late last month.
Elaborating on Iran’s refusal to tolerate a “state of neither war nor peace,” he asserted that Tehran’s position would not be determined by whether Washington preferred negotiations or war. “If they accept our seven-strong reasonable conditions, which are the result of the Iranian people’s sacrifices, the path to an agreement will be open,” he explained.
Iran has not detailed the nature of the conditions, which it has conveyed to Washington through Qatari mediators. Iranian officials have, however, noted that the conditions are generally based on a Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding that was reached between Tehran and Washington in June, but was later completely violated by the US.
The memorandum features such conditions as cessation of war on all fronts, removal of an illegal naval blockade that the US has imposed on Iran, elimination of the US’s illegal sanctions, and unfreezing of Iran’s assets.
The parliament speaker also described the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s recent unveiling of a new missile city as a symbol of changing strategic equations in the region.
“This valuable achievement, which was developed during wartime and under enemy fire, goes beyond a technical and defensive accomplishment; it is a symbol of strategic changes in the region,” he said.
The US and Israel waged their first illegal war against Iran, which lasted 12 days, in June 2025. Their second aggression began on February 28, 2026, and came to a halt in early April after 40 days.
In both wars, Iran’s retaliatory operations forced the aggressors to accept a ceasefire.
Iran has maintained a tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz since the early days of the second imposed war amid acts of mischief by Washington in the region.
The US has also imposed a blockade on Iranian ports and have tightened sanctions against Iran to force Tehran to accept its demands to end the ongoing situation in the region, which has been caused by the US aggression.