Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament, issued a defiant statement late Monday dismissing American threats and portraying Washington as internationally isolated. His remarks came in response to sweeping new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Iran, part of what officials termed an "economic D-Day."
"The Americans know that no one believes their boasts," Ghalibaf wrote in an official statement. He argued that the United States lacks the economic standing to further reduce its relationships with other nations.
According to the parliamentary speaker, Iran's trading partners have communicated—both through media channels and direct messages—that they do not take American statements seriously.
