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Iran ‘prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield’ if ceasefire ends: Parliament speaker

Tehran says it has prepared new military options as talks stall, while Pakistan seeks a two-week extension of the fragile truce, officials said.

  • On Tuesday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf warned that Iran has prepared "new cards on the battlefield" and will not accept negotiations "under the shadow of threats."
  • These warnings follow alleged U.S. ceasefire violations, including a naval blockade and an attack on an Iranian merchant vessel in the Sea of Oman on Sunday.
  • President Donald Trump denied feeling pressure to negotiate, claiming the blockade is "absolutely destroying Iran" and asserting the U.S. is "winning the war" by a lot.
  • With the ceasefire deadline looming Wednesday, the future of planned peace talks in Islamabad remains uncertain following Iran's refusal to negotiate under pressure.
  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian advocates for rational diplomacy to resolve the conflict, contrasting with the hardline stance taken by the parliament speaker.
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Iranian Speaker Mohamad Ghalibaf, also a member of Iran's last negotiating delegation in Pakistan, protested in X for what he understands to be the intention of the US with its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire: to turn the negotiating table "into a table of surrender."

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