Talks with US 'strictly forbidden': Speaker

Majlis (parliament) Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says negotiations with the US are "harmful and strictly forbidden," stressing that resistance is the only way to protect the country's rights and dignity.

According to Press TV, addressing an open session of parliament on Sunday, Qalibaf stressed that any dialog should take place from the position of power by relying on the strong will of the Iranian people.

"The fact is we are not against diplomacy and talks, but we believe that negotiations with the US are absolutely harmful and forbidden," he said.

His remarks came in the wake of an anti-Iran resolution passed by the Board of Governors at the UN’s nuclear agency on Friday, which brought the US closer to its goal of killing a 2015 nuclear agreement with Tehran.

"In the past few days, Western countries especially the US and some European countries once again showed their unreliable and hostile nature to the Iranian nation. This was proved for the umpteenth time that to protect the rights and dignity of the Iranian nation and guarantee its progress, there is no way other than smart resistance and revolutionary wisdom," Qalibaf said. 

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