Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says Iran, relying on national unity, is pushing back the enemy in a “history-making” war.

He made the remarks on Sunday as Pakistan’s mediation efforts bring Tehran and Washington closer to finalizing a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the illegal US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.

“We are pushing back the enemy in a great and history-making war. As the Leader of the Islamic Revolution emphasized, the most important factor in victory in this war is cohesion and unity,” he said.

“What has brought about the enemy’s retreat, along with the military power and defensive readiness of Iranian fighters, is the people’s steadfastness and unity in the face of the mighty enemy; this secret of victory must be preserved.”

He also expressed his gratitude to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, for his strategic and encouraging message to the Iranian lawmakers, saying it will serve as the Parliament’s roadmap and guiding light for the future.

Meanwhile, Qalibaf warned of attempts by the enemy to sow discord among Iranians through economic pressure and media manipulation in a bid to compensate for its military defeat and force the Islamic Republic to surrender.

However, he added, the Iranian nation is resisting against the enemy, which is bent on destroying it.

He further enumerated the military, the street, diplomacy, and service to the people as four arenas of the full-fledged battle.

“Achievements in the military field were possible with the support of the people,” the Parliament speaker asserted, noting that diplomacy should transform those victories into political and legal achievements.

He also highlighted Iranian diplomats’ distrust in the enemy’s words and promises, saying, “We will not approve any agreement until we are sure that we have upheld the rights of the Iranian nation.”

The unjustified US-Israeli aggression on Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders.

The Iranian armed forces, in response, unleashed 100 waves of successful retaliatory strikes against sensitive and strategic American and Israeli targets throughout the region and restricted transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

On April 8, forty days into the war, an Islamabad-brokered temporary ceasefire went into effect. However, the first round of Tehran-Washington negotiations failed to reach an agreement.

The US unilaterally extended the truce after its expiry, but imposed an inhumane “naval blockade” on Iran.

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – While there are indications pointing to a possible announcement of a preliminary memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States, Iran is also prepared for the possibility of the talks failing at this stage.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman cites a historical instance of the Roman Empire’s failing to secure victory against Persia amid the prospect of realization of a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US following unfaltering Iranian retaliation and resistance.

Esmaeil Baghaei invoked the example in a post on X after reporting that Iran and the United States had edged closer to finalizing an MoU to end unprovoked American aggression against the Islamic Republic, halt an illegal American naval blockade, and secure the release of Iran’s frozen assets.

“In the Roman mind, Rome was the undisputed center of the world. Yet the Iranians shattered that illusion; when Marcus Julius Philippus (Philip the Arab) marched east against Persia, the campaign did not result in Roman victory — it ended in a peace established on Sasanian terms,” he wrote.

“The emperor had to come to terms!” the post went on.

The United States and the Israeli regime launched their latest bout of unprovoked aggression against Iran on February 27.

US President Donald Trump announced a unilateral ceasefire on April 7 following at least 100 waves of decisive and successful Iranian retaliation and after the Islamic Republic closed the Strait of Hormuz to enemies and their allies.

Throughout its course, the aggression fell far short of overthrowing Iran’s Islamic establishment, while the closure of the waterway began unleashing shockwaves onto global energy markets, including in the US, where soaring gas prices started chipping away at Trump’s already record low popularity levels.

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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iranian Armed Forces stand ready to deliver a “devastating and hellish” response to the enemy if it wages a new war of aggression against the country.

The IRGC General Command issued a message on Sunday, marking the anniversary of the liberation of the strategic Iranian port city of Khorramshahr on May 24, 1982, after 578 days of Iraqi occupation during the eight-year imposed war on Iran.

It said 44 years after the Khorramshahr historic epic, the Iranian nation once again emerged victorious after 40 days of resistance and retaliation in the third imposed war that caused the enemy to humiliatingly request a ceasefire.

“The country’s powerful Armed Forces are at their highest level of readiness and active deterrence in all missile, air, naval, land, space, and cyber dimensions. Therefore, it is obvious that any renewed aggression by the enemy will result in a devastating and hellish response at the regional and extra-regional level,” it added.

Iran has witnessed three imposed wars over the past years, including the 1980s’ Iraq war, and two US-Israeli illegal acts of aggression, namely the 12-day one in June 2025 and this year’s 40-day one. The latest military assault against the country began on February 28 and stopped under a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire on April 8.‌

The IRGC General Command said that during the third imposed war, the Armed Forces’ crushing response, backed by the people’s presence on the scene, shattered the enemy’s dreams and thwarted its evil plots.

It also described reliance on internal strength and active deterrence as the lesson learnt from the Khorramshahr liberation.

Iran’s nuclear, missile, defensive, and offensive advances have forced the enemy to recalculate its approach, it asserted.

At the time of ongoing negotiations aimed at ending the war, the Iranian nation will neutralize conspiracies by maintaining and strengthening national unity and insight, and monitoring the enemy’s positions and behavior, the IRGC General Command noted.

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A senior Iranian lawmaker has underscored the strategic significance of the Strait of Hormuz, describing the vital waterway as the Islamic Republic’s permanent asset that would remain under the control and management of the Iranian nation.

Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Ebrahim Azizi made the remarks in an interview published on Tuesday.

Azizi warned countries seeking to project power in the chokepoint that Iran would pursue its legal rights in the waterway “with full strength” and “will show no leniency toward anyone” in this matter.

Referring to the strategic position of the Strait of Hormuz and its role in regional and extra-regional dynamics, the legislator said the waterway constituted a permanent strategic position with an instrumental role in broader geopolitical equations.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that negotiations do not mean surrender, emphasizing that Tehran enters talks with dignity by safeguarding the rights of the Iranian nation.