Iranian military official tells the US ‘ you are negotiating with yourselves’
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Iranian military official tells the US ‘ you are negotiating with yourselves’

An Iranian military spokesperson mocked US attempts at a ceasefire deal Wednesday, insisting that the Americans were only negotiating with themselves.Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for the Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, made the statement in a prerecorded video aired on state television.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“The strategic power you used to talk about has turned into a strategic failure,” he said. “The one claiming to be a global superpower would have already gotten out of this mess if it could. Don’t dress up your defeat as an agreement. Your era of empty promises has come to an end.”He added: “Have your internal conflicts reached the point where you are negotiating with yourselves?”Zolfaghari’s statement came shortly after the Trump administration sent a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran through Pakistan.“Our first and last word has been the same from day one, and it will stay that way:

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