Iran claims receiving ‘numerous messages’ from neighbors about new security arrangements despite US threat

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Saturday Tehran has received “numerous messages” from neighboring countries about shaping new security arrangements and economic cooperation in the region despite US threats of imposing sanctions against his country.

“We’ve received numerous messages from neighboring countries about shaping new security arrangements and economic cooperation in the region,” Qalibaf said on the US social media company X.

Qalibaf accused the US of putting “the security of every single one of its allies at such risk through bullying and pure disregard for their interests for the sake of Israel that they briefly saw their entire existence on the line.”

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“A homegrown, independent order is what will actually deliver peace and security,” he added.

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to launch “the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country,” describing his maximum-pressure campaign against Iran as “Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale.”

Iran and the US signed the memorandum of understanding in June through Pakistani and Qatari mediation, ending hostilities and opening a 60-day window for negotiations toward a final agreement.

Talks have since stalled amid disputes over implementation of the memorandum and arrangements for navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for global oil and gas exports.

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