US seeking way out, but Tehran will not allow it, Iranian lawmaker says

Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for parliament’s National Security Committee, said the United States and its allies were now seeking “a dignified exit” from the region after having spoken at the start of the war about destroying Iran, but said the Islamic Republic would not allow that.

He added that the priority now was unity, resistance and a sustained public presence, and said people should ignore what he described as “deviating remarks” by Western-leaning figures calling for negotiations with the enemy.