A senior Iranian lawmaker warned on Monday that Israel had infiltrated Iran with relative ease and said failure to engage in negotiations with the United States could lead to further escalation under President Donald Trump.
“If we do not negotiate with the United States, Trump will stick to his word and attack Iran, and Iran will respond — and this ping-pong will continue,” said Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament, in comments to the Jamaran news site.
“A team should be sent for negotiations that has reviewed all the problems over the years and can move the process forward,” he added.
His remarks came as Trump on Monday said he was “not speaking” to Iran and was not offering the country “anything.”
