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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A woman walks past a giant billboard reading ‘The Strait of Hormuz remains closed’ at Revolution Square in Tehran on April 12, 2026. — AFP pic
TEHRAN, April 19 — Iran had been “victorious in the field” during weeks of war and had only agreed to a temporary truce with the United States because its demands had been met, the Iranian parliamentary speaker said on Saturday.
The two-week ceasefire is set to end Wednesday unless it is renewed, with a permanent deal that mediators including Pakistan are pushing to get over the line still not finalised and progress on key sticking points uncertain.
“We were victorious in the field,” Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in a national televised address, adding the United States had not achieved its goals and Iran controlled the strategic Strait of Hormuz maritime transit route.
“If we accepted the ceasefire, it was because they accepted our demands,” he said, referring to the United States.
“The enemy’s every effort was to impose its demands on us and it is important that we register our rights, so this is where negotiation is a method of struggle.”
Ghalibaf and his delegation held closed door talks in Islamabad with US Vice President JD Vance on April 11, in the highest level Iran-US contacts since before the 1979 Islamic revolution.
The talks did not result in a final deal and officials have signalled mediations are continuing, though Iran’s deputy foreign minister said on Saturday no date had been set for a new round of talks. — AFP
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