Iran top negotiator threatens to defeat US blockade on Iran


Iran's Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf speaks in parliamen in Tehran, Iran January 11, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a video. IRINN/via Reuters TV/Handout via REUTERS

DUBAI, June ⁠8 (Reuters) - Tehran will ⁠turn the naval blockade ‌established by the United States into another defeat for the "enemy", ​Iran's top negotiator Mohammad ⁠Baqer Qalibaf ⁠said in a message posted ⁠on ‌his Telegram channel on Monday.

"We ⁠are not going to either ​just ‌fight or just negotiate; ⁠rather, we ​are going to fight at our own ⁠time and negotiate at ​our own time", Qalibaf said, adding, "our goal is the ⁠end of the war and stable security and we have no trust ​towards the ⁠opposing party".

(Reporting by Menna ​Alaa El Din, ‌Elwely Elwelly and ​Muhammad Al Gebaly; editing by Alexandra Hudson)

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