Iran’s Speaker says Bessent and Hegseth are ‘way out of their league’
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday rejected the negotiating approach of US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, characterizing them as ill-equipped for diplomatic engagement with Tehran. Ghalibaf argued that Washington's strategy of intensifying economic pressure is designed to secure concessions that fall outside the scope of previous agreements Iran has reached.
- Iran's parliament speaker dismissed US Defense and Treasury secretaries as unfit for negotiations
- He claimed the US is applying economic pressure to extract concessions beyond prior agreements