Iranian parliament speaker: Defending our rights is not a compromise
Iran's parliament speaker says the US has suffered military and political defeats and will also lose economically, vowing to uphold Iran's wartime gains.
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AIIranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the United States has been defeated by Iran both militarily and politically, and will also be defeated economically. He added that Iran will continue to consolidate what he described as the achievements of war and confront the challenges it faces.
According to Al Arabiya, Ghalibaf made the remarks during a meeting with Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council President Faiq Zaidan, describing the US defeat as "crushing" and attributing it to the "blood of martyrs, the efforts of the people, and the resistance front."
The Iranian parliament speaker also accused Israel of seeking to expand the scope of war in the region, saying, "Israel's plan is to extend the war to other countries in the region." He stressed that if Israel were to win its war with Iran, the conflict would spread to additional countries.
Ghalibaf emphasized that any effort to reclaim the Iranian people's rights from the "enemy" should not be considered a compromise, underscoring the need to preserve the country's sources of strength.
He added that safeguarding these sources of strength is essential to consolidating what he called the "achievements of war" and enabling the country to safely overcome the risks it faces.