Iran’s Ghalibaf tells Al Jazeera the ball is in US’s court on talks to end war

Iran's parliament speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, says Tehran stands ready for battle or peace. In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Ghalibaf says Washington must implement what he calls Iran's seven conditions for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and resuming negotiations. He adds that the ball is now in the Americans' court and they must make a decision and announce it. If Trump decides on war again, he'll face another defeat. Now, let's bring in our correspondent, Rasul Sadar. He's live for us in the Iranian capital. So this is very much reiterating Iran's position. But it's very clear what Iran's position is now. They're sticking to their guns, right? Indeed, Imran. So what we understand from Ghalibaf throughout his remarks with an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, so he's simply saying that Tehran has provided a profound and transparent proposal to the United States, the seven conditions, and so far the United States has not responded yet. However, saying that for the process to go further, the United States not only respond to the Iranian proposal, but also has to accept these terms, otherwise the process is not going to move forward. And also he's saying that, well, an agreement with Washington is possible, but Washington Washington must avoid any actions that could undermine the process. So, perhaps he's implying the previous experiences of Iran while engaging with the diplomacy that they have been attacked twice, so that mistrust is still there. And he also, throughout his interview, have emphasized that mistrust is one of the biggest obstacles in front of an agreement. And also, interestingly, now he's saying that, well, Americans have visited, American delegation visited Moscow and asked Russian President Putin to facilitate direct negotiations between Iran and Tehran. And he's also saying that, well, Tehran did not accept that. Another important point is that Imran, he's saying that ending the war with Iran and the axis of resistance. is a provision within the Memorandum of Understanding that they have signed in Islamabad. So here not, he's not saying ending the war at all fronts or Iran. Iran and axis of resistance. So he's saying that simply the United States needs not only to accept Iran's terms But also has to accept the new order in the Middle East that Iran and it has its axis of the resistance Once the United States accept the axis of the resistance that is going to bring a legitimacy to the axis of the resistance That is quite an interesting Point here and then of course Strait of Hormuz Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, he's saying that if the United States doesn't accept Iran's terms, so the Strait of Hormuz is not going to be open. And he's not only talking about the end of the war or the conditions. He's saying that Iran and Oman had reached an agreement, a framework, and that is about the regulation of the Strait of Hormuz. Then the United States needs to accept this new framework that was agreed between Tehran and Muscat as well. That's Rasul Sadar live for us there from Tehran. Thank you so much.