"Iran will not bow down to the logic of force and threats," Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei said

Iran's top negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, was quoted as saying Iran would pursue its "legitimate rights", both on the battlefield and through diplomacy.

Inside Iran’s high-stakes talks with the US: how Tehran pursues a Hormuz deal, seeks sanctions relief and billions in assets, yet keeps its defiant war posture.