Iran's Speaker says Bessent and Hegseth are 'way out of their league'
First publishedAug 18, 19:41 UTC
Last updatedAug 18, 20:35 UTC · 5m ago
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday bashed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as being “way out of their league” in trying to bring Tehran to the table for peace negotiations. “Americans think squeezing Iran harder will win concessions that were never part of the agreement,” Ghalibaf wrote in a...
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- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday bashed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as being “way out of their league” in trying to bring Tehran to the table for peace negotiations. “Americans think squeezing Iran harder will win concessions that were never part of the agreement,” Ghalibaf wrote in a...
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Iran's Speaker says Bessent and Hegseth are 'way out of their league'
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