Iranian state media have published a message from Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf marking 30 days since the start of the US-Israeli war.
“The enemy openly sends a message of negotiation and secretly plans a ground attack,” Ghalibaf, who has served as speaker of the parliament since 2020, wrote in his message carried by the Tasnim news agency.
“The United States expresses its desires with a list of 15 points and pursues what it did not achieve in the war.”
“We are in a major world war, and we must prepare ourselves for the tortuous and difficult path ahead of us until we reach the summit,” he added.
Ghalibaf was previously an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander, police chief and mayor of Tehran. Washington reportedly has thought of him as a potential partner and he is reported to be Donald Trump’s preferred choice for leader.
Be sad Iranian forces “are waiting for the arrival of American troops on the ground to set them on fire and punish their regional partners forever,” Ghalibaf said.
He added: “Our firing continues. Our missiles are in place. Our determination and faith have increased.”
The comments came as the Saudi Arabian foreign minister is set to join his Egyptian, Pakistani and Turkish counterparts in Islamabad later today for talks aimed at reducing regional tensions.
Despite such diplomatic efforts, the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of “ground operations” in Iran, US officials have told the Washington Post, as thousands of US soldiers and marines arrive in the Middle East.
The GUARDIAN of London
