Iran negotiator Ghalibaf says it’s ready for ‘all-out defense,’ won’t surrender

By Reuters 10 July 2026, 8:21 pm

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, and Speaker of the Islamic Parliament of Iran, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, 2nd from left, with the Delegation of Iran at the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Buergenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, June 21, 2026. (Urs Flueeler, Pool Photo via AP)

Iran’s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran is ready for “all-out defense” if Washington betrays last month’s memorandum of understanding, and the war will never end with Iran’s surrender.

Ghalibaf, speaking during a meeting with Ahmad Muzani, speaker of Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly, says he has told US Vice President JD Vance during negotiations that Tehran does not trust Washington and that, in his view, only those prepared for war can negotiate with the United States. The remarks are posted on Ghalibaf’s Telegram account.