{"id":58643,"date":"2026-05-20T15:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/?p=58643"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:45:06","slug":"iran-chief-negotiator-ghalibaf-says-us-seeks-to-start-new-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/?p=58643","title":{"rendered":"Iran Chief Negotiator Ghalibaf Says US \u2018Seeks to Start New War\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Wednesday said the United States was seeking to restart the war and hoping Tehran would surrender. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The enemy&#8217;s movements, both overt and clandestine, show that despite economic and political pressure, it has not abandoned its military objectives and is seeking to start a new war,&#8221; Ghalibaf said in an audio message on his official website. <\/p>\n<p>Ghalibaf&#8217;s remarks came as Tehran and Washington escalated threats while swapping proposals to end the war, which broke out on February 28. A ceasefire has been in place since April 8. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards warned that the war would expand beyond the region if the US and Israel resume attacks after President Donald Trump said he would strike again unless Tehran agreed a peace deal. <\/p>\n<p>Ghalibaf said the US was still hoping Iran would surrender and respond favorably to Washington&#8217;s &#8220;excessive demands&#8221;, by maintaining economic pressure and a naval blockade in place since April 13. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must strengthen our preparations for an effective and forceful response to any potential attacks,&#8221; he said, adding that &#8220;Iran will never give in to intimidation, under any circumstances&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Ghalibaf acknowledged the economic pressure on Iranians, while appealing for &#8220;national unity&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today it is clearer than ever that we are engaged in a war of wills. Whoever wins this war will write Iran&#8217;s history and determine its future,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/english.aawsat.com\/node\/5275416\">Original Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Wednesday said the United States was seeking to restart the war and hoping Tehran would surrender. &#8220;The enemy&#8217;s movements, both overt and clandestine, show that despite economic and political pressure, it has not abandoned its military objectives and is seeking to start a new war,&#8221; Ghalibaf said in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58645,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-05-20T17:45:10Z","apple_news_api_id":"8126fbda-561d-4027-a18c-1e3bcb695f6f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-05-20T17:45:10Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AgSb72lYdQCehjB47y2lfbw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58644,"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58643\/revisions\/58644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applenews.cloud.aawsat.london\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}