Qalibaf to Munir — “Will Not Compromise”; US “Not Honest Party”
Iran’s top negotiator, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, told Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir during talks in Tehran on Saturday that the United States was “not an honest party” in negotiations to end the war and that Iran “would not compromise on its national rights”. Qalibaf said Iran would pursue its “legitimate rights”, both on the battlefield and through diplomacy, but added it could not trust “a party that has no honesty at all”. He warned that Iran’s armed forces had “rebuilt their capabilities during the ceasefire” and if the United States “foolishly restarts the war”, the consequences would be “more forceful and bitter” than at the start of the conflict.
Iranian state media reported that Munir also met President Masoud Pezeshkian in the presence of Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, with whom he had two meetings, before flying out. The talks reportedly centred on a 14-point document proposed by Iran, which Tehran considers the main framework for the discussions, alongside messages exchanged between the two sides. Reuters separately reports that the US side’s offer — presented by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff — is a one-page memorandum of understanding laying out 14 points to be negotiated over 30 days, including an Iranian moratorium on enriched uranium followed by enrichment limited to 3.67% with intensive IAEA inspection, and an Iranian commitment to export its highly enriched uranium to another country. Iran has firmly rejected handing over its entire HEU stockpile to Washington but has indicated willingness to transfer it to a neutral third country.