Javad Larijani raps Ghalibaf's Islamabad trip as costly mistake

Iran does not need Pakistan to mediate with the United States, and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's trip to Islamabad was a mistake that carried a major cost, said Mohammad Javad Larijani, once an advisor to Iran's slain supreme leader."Pakistan's prime minister is a good person, but there is no need for him to bring us and the Americans together in order to negotiate; he should know how to mediate. If we want to talk to the United States ourselves, we do so. We do not need a mediator," Larijani said.Larijani, who is currently the head of Iran's Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, also said people should rest assured that Iran "will under no circumstances give up its nuclear program."