US talks must not erase Iran war gains, MP warns negotiators

An Iranian lawmaker said on Wednesday that any diplomatic gains from US talks should not come at the expense of what he called “victories achieved through war and resistance.”

Ghasem Ravanbakhsh described Iran’s battlefield gains as failure to topple the Islamic Republic, control the Strait of Hormuz or prevent strikes on US bases in the region and targets in Israel.

“We are waiting from today for victories that come from the field of negotiations,” he said. “But never mind victory in diplomacy; do not turn the victories of resistance into defeat.”