‘We don’t fold,’ says Iran’s top negotiator as he accuses US of ‘major’ MOU violations

By Reuters and ToI Staff 8 July 2026, 5:57 am

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Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP)

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accuses the United States of “major” violations of an MOU, citing US attacks on Iran, renewed oil sanctions, threats of further strikes, violations of Iranian “adjustments” in the Strait of Hormuz, and continued Israeli attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

“The era of bullying and extortion is over. It leads nowhere,” Ghalibaf, who is Iran’s top negotiator in talks with the US, says in a post on X. “We don’t fold.”