Iran does not accept negotiations with the US under threats, parliament speaker says

Middle East Eye · April 20, 2026 Politics

Iran does not accept negotiations with the US under threats, parliament speaker says Iran's top negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on Monday that Tehran does not accept negotiations with the US under threats. He said in a post on X that US President Donald Trump was seeking to turn the negotiating table into a "table of surrender.