Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi held talks with Norway’s deputy foreign minister, the head of the BRICS New Development Bank, and France’s ambassador.
- Iran Deputy FM: U.S. Rejected Proposal “Because It Is Not a Letter of Surrender”
- Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, defended Tehran’s peace proposal Tuesday as “the minimum requirements of any serious, sustainable arrangement aligned with the UN Charter.”
- Writing on X, Gharibabadi said Washington’s rejection revealed its true intentions: “When the party that has directly played a role in the war, siege, sanctions, and threats through brute force rejects Iran’s response solely because it is not a letter of surrender, it becomes clear that the main issue is not peace, but the imposition of political will through the path of threats and pressure.”
- He said Iran’s demands include a permanent end to the war, compensation for damages, and a lifting of “illegal sanctions.”
- He added that U.S. posturing amounted to contradiction: “One cannot speak of a ceasefire while continuing the siege; talk of diplomacy while intensifying sanctions; or discuss regional stability while providing political and military support to a regime that is the source of aggression and instability.”“Such an approach is not negotiation; it is the continuation of a policy of coercion with diplomatic verbiage,” he concluded. Gharibaldi met yesterday with senior officials from France and Norway yesterday.
The United States rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal solely because it was not a “letter of surrender,” a senior Iranian diplomat has said.
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