President Donald Trump revealed to The New York Post that America’s point of contact in Iran is Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Trump’s comments came after Iran targeted Israel’s largest oil refinery in Haifa and a water and electrical plant in Kuwait.
From The New York Post:
Iran escalated its attack on infrastructure by striking a water and electrical plant in Kuwait, and an oil refinery was set ablaze in the northern Israeli city of Haifa after the Iranian missile attack. Asked for his response on the strike, he told The Post: “You’ll see shortly.”As Trump brings more military might to the region that could inflict catastrophic damage on Iran, he encouraged what’s left of Iran’s regime to make a deal before it’s too late.He exclusively told The Post that the US will find out whether the speaker is willing to work with Americans –soon.“We’re gonna find out,” Trump told The Post when asked about Iran’s Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. “I’ll let you know that in about a week.”
Once again, Iran denied any direct negotiations with the U.S.
“We have had no direct negotiations with the United States so far,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei. “The meetings that Pakistan holds with neighboring countries are within a framework they have designed themselves, and we have not participated in this framework.”
Baghaei described America’s demands as “largely excessive, unrealistic, and unreasonable.”
Ghalibaf has been named as a member of the close circle around new Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen or heard from since the strikes started in February.
The speaker apparently became the de facto top operative after Israel eliminated Ali Larijan, chief of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
Earlier this month, Trump demanded to have a say regarding Iran’s new leader.
Politico reported last week that Trump’s administration has been “weighing” Ghalibaf “as a potential partner — and even a future leader” of Iran.
Trump has mentioned a few times that America has held productive conversations with Iran.
Ghalibaf denied that those talks had happened, calling for a “complete and remorseful punishment” of America and Israel.
I mean, the speaker’s response to Trump’s comments proves he would never be a friend or ally of the U.S.
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