Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday sarcastically dismissed President Trump's assertion that unfrozen Iranian funds will be used solely for American agricultural products, saying the only crop Iran reaps is decades of distrust sown by the United States. His statement, carried by Iranian state-linked sources, continues a pattern of hardline pushback from within the regime against diplomatic and financial arrangements with Washington.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf on Thursday dismissed President Trump's claim that unfrozen Iranian funds will be used exclusively for American agricultural goods, using a sarcastic agricultural metaphor to frame the U.S. as untrustworthy. "America falsely claims that the unfrozen assets will be used to purchase American agricultural produce," Ghalibaf said. "Interesting. The only crop we harvest is what you have sown: decades of distrust. It's organic, abundant, and homegrown. But apparently the U.S. only exports genetically modified soybeans, broken promises, and slander."
The remarks are the latest in a series of hardline statements from Ghalibaf as negotiations over the unfrozen funds and a broader U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding proceed. As The Zioneer has reported, Ghalibaf previously called the emerging MOU "a document of America's defeat" (June 18, June 24) and said the agreement would be "unworthy of trust" (June 17). The central bank governor also said Iran is not committed to buying U.S. agricultural goods (June 23). Ghalibaf's rhetoric reflects a deep factional divide within the Iranian regime: hardliners regularly dismiss engagement with Washington while the government continues diplomatic contacts.
The statement is unverified by independent sources and comes from a single Iranian state-linked channel. The precise source of the quote — whether a speech, interview, or written statement — was not specified.
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