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Iran's parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, declared on Sunday that Tehran will not agree to any deal with the United States until it is certain that the rights of the Iranian people have been upheld, framing military gains as the foundation for whatever diplomatic outcome follows.
"We will not approve any agreement until we are certain that the rights of the Iranian people have been upheld," Ghalibaf said in a video broadcast on state television, speaking from the first session of the third year of Iran's 12th parliament.
He went further in rejecting the value of American commitments in isolation, saying, "There is no trust in the enemy's words and promises."
"Our only criterion is to achieve tangible results before we fulfill our commitments in return," Ghalibaf added.
The speech, delivered at the opening of a virtual parliamentary session attended by 187 members online and 14 in person, drew a direct line between Iran's military operations and its negotiating posture.
Ghalibaf described the role of diplomacy not as an independent track but as a mechanism for turning battlefield gains into binding political and legal outcomes.
According to Tasnim News Agency, Ghalibaf said: "What has been achieved on the military field with our missiles has been with the support of the people, and the task of diplomacy is to convert these victories into political and legal achievements."
Separately, he said the field of service to the people must use those victories to address domestic problems.
The remarks reinforced a posture he outlined publicly in recent days, in which he wrote on X that Iran gains concessions "not through dialogue but with missiles."
Ghalibaf addressed the Iranian public directly, saying the country was at a pivotal historical moment, saying, "We are pushing the enemy back in a great, historic war," adding that the most important factor in victory remained national cohesion and unity.
He warned that the U.S. and Israel had entered a new phase of conflict, shifting from military operations to economic pressure and media manipulation, in an attempt to compensate for their battlefield defeats and fracture Iranian society.
He expressed certainty that Iran would prevail, saying, "I am certain that we will emerge victorious from this great war."
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