Iran signaled it has prepared new military options during a fragile ceasefire with the United States, as tensions remain high and prospects for peace appear uncertain.
Iranian parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran has spent the duration of the truce preparing “new cards on the battlefield,” warning the country would not negotiate under pressure from Washington.
Ghalibaf accused President Donald Trump of breaking the ceasefire agreement and increasing pressure on Iran as U.S. forces have imposed a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian-flagged cargo ship was seized by U.S. forces on Sunday after it tried to breach the counterblockade.
“Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn this negotiating table — in his own imagination — into a table of surrender or to justify renewed warmongering,” Ghalibaf said in an X post. “We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the
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