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14 Oct 2026, 20:46

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, said on Wednesday, October 22, that the Islamic Republic is pursuing negotiations alongside the war, and the goal of continuing the war is to force the enemy to accept Tehran's demands or to acknowledge defeat.

In a video message, Qalibaf stated: "We are both fighting and negotiating. We must fight with all our might when the time is right, increase our readiness, and whenever we achieve military victory in the field, we will register and solidify it in the political arena and turn it into a document of the enemy's defeat."

He further emphasized that the Islamic Republic's pursuit of both war and negotiations simultaneously does not mean the endless continuation of either. Qalibaf said: "When we say we are both fighting and negotiating, we do not mean that we are engaging in endless war or perpetual negotiations; rather, we fight to put the enemy in a corner and compel them to accept our demands, or if they do not, to acknowledge their defeat."
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