“Even as we negotiate with the United States, we are not negotiating with a friend. We are negotiating with an untrustworthy enemy that will undoubtedly act against us whenever it has the opportunity. The reality is that you can only negotiate effectively if you are also prepared for war.”

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2072048309049462907

4 minutes (in Farsi I suspect)

AND

Ghalibaf is openly boasting that the Islamic Republic achieved far more through negotiations with the Trump administration than it ever could through military action.

“If there had been no negotiations, we wouldn’t have achieved our goals.

https://x.com/TheIranWatcher/status/2067432203596771541