Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that although some progress has been made in ongoing talks between the United States and Iran, major differences remain on key issues. He made the remarks in comments reported by Al Jazeera, noting that while partial agreements were reached, the two countries still hold widely divergent positions on important matters.

Ghalibaf described the United States as an enemy and claimed that Washington had failed to achieve its objectives despite setting deadlines and issuing warnings. He said the US had begun sending messages through mediators after failing to reach its goals directly. According to him, Iran accepted a temporary ceasefire to pressure the US into meeting its demands, and former US President Donald Trump agreed to it because Iran had prevailed on the battlefield.

He further asserted that the US had not succeeded in changing Iran’s political system or destroying its missile and attack capabilities, adding that Trump’s efforts had failed and emphasizing that Iran is not comparable to Venezuela.