Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, the chief negotiator of the Islamic Republic in peace talks with the United States, announced that, following Israel’s attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut, continuing the path toward an agreement with the U.S. “is not possible.”
In a message on the social media platform X on Sunday, Qalibaf wrote that the recent attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut demonstrated once again that the United States either lacks the necessary will to implement its commitments or is incapable of doing so. He added that attempting to gain concessions by green-lighting Israel will yield no results, and that the “good cop, bad cop” policy no longer possesses its past efficacy. He emphasized: “If you lack the will and capability to implement your commitments, speaking of continuing the path is not possible.”
Concurrently, Mohammad-Jafar Asadi, the deputy head of inspection for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, reacted to the strike, stating that Israel’s action will “undoubtedly” face a response.
Meanwhile, Nezameddin Mousavi, the former spokesperson for the parliament’s presiding board, also wrote in a message on X that the attack on Beirut’s Dahiyeh on the day the memorandum between the Islamic Republic and the United States was scheduled to be signed was not carried out merely to disrupt the agreement, but was an attempt to “humiliate the Islamic Republic.”
