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Iran not to accept negotiations with US under threats - negotiator

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran's chief negotiator and speaker of the parliament, affirmed on Monday that the Iranian government will not engage in negotiations with the United States under coercive conditions or threats.

Reuters WORLD
Published April 21,2026
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Iran's top negotiator and parliament ⁠speaker ⁠Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on ⁠Monday that Tehran does not accept negotiations with the ⁠U.S. under ⁠threats.

He said in a post on X that ⁠U.S. President Donald Trump was seeking to turn ⁠the ‌negotiating ‌table ⁠into ‌a "table of surrender."