Leader’s advisor warns against optimism about talks with ‘commitment-violating enemy’
A senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has warned against optimism about negotiations with the enemy given its past record of reneging on its promises.
Mohsen Rezaei made the remarks in an X post on Sunday, as high-level Iranian and American delegations have arrived in Switzerland to hold talks on the implementation of the newly signed Tehran-Washington memorandum of understanding (MoU) that brings about a permanent end to the illegal US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.
“The United States was supposed to force Iran to surrender through its ‘peace through strength’ strategy,” said Rezaei, a former chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
“Now that they have failed, they are insisting on negotiations out of desperation.”
He also warned that “the enemy has shown that it is a promise-breaker. We must be careful; any optimism will be exploited by the enemy.”
An Iranian delegation arrives in Switzerland to pursue implementation of commitments contained in a Pakistan-mediated MoU recently signed between the Islamic Republic and the US.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his American counterpart Donald Trump remotely signed the MoU, which includes a commitment from both countries to hold further talks on a final agreement in the next 60 days.
The 14-point deal was finalized following intensive mediation efforts by Pakistan and support from other regional countries.
It calls for a permanent end to hostilities across all fronts, including Lebanon, the phased lifting of US sanctions, the removal of the naval blockade on Iran within 30 days, and the restoration of commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
It further includes a US-backed reconstruction and economic development plan for Iran worth at least $300 billion, oil export waivers, the release of Iran’s frozen assets, and a renewed Iranian commitment not to seek nuclear weapons, while further negotiations continue over Tehran’s enriched uranium stockpile.
