Seyed Abbas Mousavi, former spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and current Deputy Chief of Protocol for the President’s Office, stated that for Iranians, the negotiating table serves as an extension of the battlefield.
Tehran – IranView24
He emphasized that objectives unattainable on the battlefield will not be achieved at the negotiating table.
Mousavi identified “false pride, excessive demands, and miscalculation” as the perennial factors behind the failure of American engagement with Iran, adding, “All options are now on the table; the choice is yours.”
