Ghalibaf Warns Iran Will Set Battlefield if U.S. Makes Another Mistake

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Sunday that Iran's armed forces would determine the battlefield if the United States made another mistake. Speaking before parliament's agenda on November 15, he also said an agreement remained possible if Washington accepted seven conditions set by Tehran. “We will not remain in a state of neither war nor peace,” Ghalibaf said. He described the conditions as reasonable and said Iran was prepared whether the United States wanted negotiations or war. He warned that another conflict would harm many others, while saying the geography of the fighting would depend on Iran's military capability and will. In another part of the same address, Ghalibaf praised a recently unveiled missile city and directed hostile rhetoric at Israel. He claimed the facility had been built during the war under enemy fire and represented a change in regional strategic calculations, rather than simply a technical or defensive achievement. The speech marked the anniversary of the deaths of Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam and other personnel of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Aerospace Force. Ghalibaf linked the commemoration, associated with Iran's National Aerospace Day, to his praise for the force and its missile facilities.