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Top Iranian official claims Tehran willing to negotiate with US, but its behavior 'must change'
Jerusalem Post ^ | JUNE 9, 2026 | ARIELLA ROITMAN

Posted on 06/09/2026 4:25:30 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

Iran would have “no problem” pursuing a deal with the US as long as American negotiators and US President Donald Trump can prove sincerity, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee, Ebrahim Azizi, said during an interview with CNN on Monday.

When asked about Trump’s assertions that a deal between Tehran and Washington is near, Azizi responded that “we don’t think he’s honest.”

“We have said many times that we accept a negotiation as a continuation of the battlefield,” argued Azizi. “If we could be convinced that there is sincerity from the Americans, especially from the president of the US, and if we could reach confidence that they are people of negotiation and that they also submit to the rules of negotiation, then the Islamic Republic would have no problem with negotiating.”

Azizi, who also heads Iran's foreign policy committee, said the current biggest sticking point in the negotiations is the implementation of a realistic framework, which he claimed is being blocked by the US’s freezing of Iranian assets.

The Iranian official claimed that the US had initially agreed to release Iran’s frozen overseas assets during negotiations.

He added that Iran is still unwilling to budge on issues of enriched uranium and nuclear weapons.

When asked whether he thinks there will be a peace agreement, Azizi answered that it depends on US behavior. “If these same behaviors continue,” he said, “then no, we do not have any trust at all, and with this lack of trust, it's not possible for negotiations to continue.

“If those conditions that the Islamic Republic of Iran specifies are fulfilled, and if in practice we see that reflected in the country’s national interests, especially in the economic sphere, financial matters, banking, sanctions, and the issue of Lebanon, which is very, very important to us, we will by no means back down on the issue of the resistance front, its members, and especially Lebanon,” he concluded.


TOPICS: Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; lebanon; lol; sincerity; trump

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<< He added that Iran is still unwilling to budge on issues of enriched uranium and nuclear weapons. >>
1 posted on 06/09/2026 4:25:30 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

I suggest we change our behavior by bombing the #$@& out of them. They would want to negotiate.


2 posted on 06/09/2026 4:29:21 AM PDT by boycott
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To: Mr. Mojo
and the issue of Lebanon, which is very, very important to us, we will by no means back down on the issue of the resistance front, its members, and especially Lebanon

I get the feeling that Iran feels it is losing Lebanon. Maybe Hezbollah is about to call it quits.

3 posted on 06/09/2026 4:35:48 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: Mr. Mojo

“Honesty”? “Sincerity”? Who started this mess anyway? Terrorist capital of the world wants to give lessons on morality? “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!” They chant. Muslims are the scum of the earth. Bomb them back into their caves.


4 posted on 06/09/2026 4:36:16 AM PDT by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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To: boycott
Yes. This.

These ragheads are getting pretty uppity, dictating terms to us? I hope President
Trump wakes from his slumber. Two months of "any day now …" has gotten stale.

5 posted on 06/09/2026 4:39:52 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Oh, right. Iran is instructing us, or anyone for that matter, how to behave. Further evidence we need to resume kinetic actions.


6 posted on 06/09/2026 4:44:29 AM PDT by sgt_lau (Islamophobic? No. I reject a 7th century death-cult that demands non-believers like me, dead.)
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To: Mr. Mojo
..we accept a negotiation as a continuation of the battlefield...
7 posted on 06/09/2026 4:46:08 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Mr. Mojo

The Iranians are expert at dragging things out, lying, and obfuscating. Unfortunately, it seems a real deal only comes when the Iranians are begging for mercy.


8 posted on 06/09/2026 4:55:12 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Each and everyone of these “officials”- make a list. Each one that has popped off, blocked a deal or otherwise should make the list.

Give them the dirt nap. Then look to Iran and say, their behavior is now changed. Who is next to negotiate with?


9 posted on 06/09/2026 5:02:09 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: ClearCase_guy
I get the feeling that Iran feels it is losing Lebanon. Maybe Hezbollah is about to call it quits.

Amir Tsarfati news feed:


💥 BOOM 💥 The Israeli security cabinet instructed the IDF: 
any launch crossing from Lebanon to Israel - you have 
permission to attack in Beirut without waiting for approval 
from the political echelon

t.me
31m


The United States has fully embraced Israel’s equation. Even 
the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, Michel Issa, said this 
morning in Beirut:“If Hezbollah stops its attacks on Israel, 
Israel will not target the Dahieh district of Beirut.”The 
implication is clear: if Hezbollah does not stop - and so far 
it has not - the strikes will continue.

t.me
3h


10 posted on 06/09/2026 5:02:23 AM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Hand over the centrifuges and enriched uranium or we’ll hand your money over to the Israelis.


11 posted on 06/09/2026 5:06:13 AM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & > $300 to many insured vehicle owners 4 gas)
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To: Mr. Mojo

A good percent of our population thinks too much money is spent on military budgets of things we don’t need. One way to fix this is to drop every bomb in the US arsenal on the mullahs and the IRGC for months on end.

This way we can spend the money on new bombs...


12 posted on 06/09/2026 5:18:21 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Mr. Mojo; All

Comments BUMP! MoFos are EVIL.


13 posted on 06/09/2026 5:19:46 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: Mr. Mojo

Imagine this : Iran demanding “sincerity”

Bring out the gayatollah for a live interview.


14 posted on 06/09/2026 5:22:28 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Then keep blowing up Iranian leaders until we get to the ones we want.


15 posted on 06/09/2026 5:43:03 AM PDT by misterdarcey (Abandon all nuance, ye who enter here.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Stalling. Another day wasted.


16 posted on 06/09/2026 6:06:26 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Iran saying PDJT not honest. ROFL!


17 posted on 06/09/2026 6:18:57 AM PDT by sauropod
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To: boycott

BOMB THEM UNTIL THEY ARE TOTALLY DECIMATED-—NO ONE”LEFT” TO TALK.


18 posted on 06/09/2026 6:26:57 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Oh that’s rich, the US needs to be sincere, while Iran’s religion approves of lying to non Muslims.


19 posted on 06/09/2026 6:31:42 AM PDT by yldstrk
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To: Mr. Mojo

Just like Democrats, the Iranians are projecting


20 posted on 06/09/2026 6:35:48 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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