Iran’s parliamentary Speaker has emerged as a possible U.S. contact for peace talks… even as the Iranian leadership remains under fire during the war. VERBATIM: Reports suggest Washington may see Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf as a negotiating partner. Iran’s theocracy has been in turmoil since a Feb. 28 Israeli strike killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. His […]
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U.S. Has a New Negotiator in Iran
Iran’s parliamentary Speaker has emerged as a possible U.S. contact for peace talks… even as the Iranian leadership remains under fire during the war.
VERBATIM: Reports suggest Washington may see Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf as a negotiating partner.
Iran’s theocracy has been in turmoil since a Feb. 28 Israeli strike killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. His son Mojtaba has reportedly taken over. But he hasn’t been seen after reports of having been wounded.
Qalibaf is a former Revolutionary Guard commander and Tehran mayor. Critics link him to violent crackdowns and corruption claims. He denied on Tuesday that there are any talks with the U.S. underway.
The semiofficial Tasnim news agency called the reports about Qalibaf a Western plot to divide Iran.
Bernie Bennett reporting.