‘From position of power’: Iran should negotiate as victor, lawmaker says

Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Rezaei has said Tehran’s diplomats should approach mediated negotiations with the United States from what he described as a position of strength.

Rezaei, a spokesperson for the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said in a post on X that Iran had emerged as the “definitive victor” of the conflict and argued that negotiators should reflect that assessment in ongoing diplomatic efforts.

“Yielding to the enemy only makes it more savage and exacerbates our problems. Please do not whitewash the red lines,” Rezaei said in a post on X.

پیروز قطعی جنگ ملت رشید ایران بوده و است. دیپلمات‌ها از موضع #قدرت_پیروز مذاکره کنند.
کوتاه آمدن در مقابل دشمن فقط او را وحشی‌تر می‌کند و مشکلات ما را بیشتر.
خطوط قرمز را ماست‌مالی نکنید لطفاً.

— ابراهیم رضایی (@EbrahimRezaei14) May 25, 2026