Ghalibaf says Iran won war against US and Israel

Iran won the war against the United States and Israel, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, head of Iran’s negotiating delegation and the country's parliament speaker told state television on Wednesday.

“The recent war was a war between the front of truth and falsehood,” Ghalibaf said.

“We did not allow the United States and Israel to achieve the nine goals they set out from the start of the war,” he added.

“When I talk about negotiation and diplomacy, I mean diplomacy of power,” Ghalibaf said, adding that he supported negotiations that were themselves “a form of struggle.”

Ghalibaf said he was the person who distrusted the United States the most and had told US Vice President JD Vance that he had “not the slightest trust” in him.