{"id":328300,"date":"2025-02-03T22:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T21:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=328300"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:42:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:42:41","slug":"iranian-officials-anti-u-s-rhetoric-clash-with-diplomatic-overtures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iranian-regime-infighting\/iranian-officials-anti-u-s-rhetoric-clash-with-diplomatic-overtures\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Officials\u2019 Anti-U.S. Rhetoric Clash with Diplomatic Overtures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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File photo: Iranian regime’s parliament (Majlis) members chanting “Death to America” on December 12, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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“The difference between the Iranian nation and many other nations is that we have the courage to say that America is an aggressor, a liar, a deceiver, an arrogant power\u2014Death to America!” declared Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a speech<\/a> on February 2. His remarks were followed by a chorus of MPs and government officials, doubling down on an uncompromising stance against negotiations with the United States.<\/p>\n

During a session in the regime\u2019s parliament (Majles), deputy speaker Ali Nikzad led the parliament in chanting \u201cDeath to America\u201d<\/em>, reinforcing Khamenei\u2019s words.\u00a0Following Khamenei’s speech, he warned that all officials<\/a> must clarify their stance<\/span>: \u201cNo one should talk about negotiating with the Great Satan!\u201d<\/em> The same day, Hossein Safdari, the regime\u2019s deputy intelligence minister, called talks with Washington \u201cthe greatest poison\u201d,<\/a><\/em> drawing a parallel to the collapse of Syria\u2019s Bashar al-Assad regime: \u201cIf we don\u2019t resist, they will turn our country into another Syria.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The attacks on proponents of diplomacy continued with Hamid Rasaee, an influential MP, launching a scathing critique<\/a> of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, President Masoud Pezeshkian, and presidential deputy Mohammad Javad Zarif. He accused them of trying to \u201cput Iran\u2019s hand back in America\u2019s grip\u201d<\/em>, dismissing any diplomatic efforts as a betrayal. Rasae further revealed that the Pezeshkian administration had instructed the Foreign Ministry to secure six-month to one-year visas for Zarif<\/a> and his wife from the German embassy, despite Berlin shutting down Iran\u2019s consulates and Islamic centers.<\/p>\n

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