Senior IRGC official Abdollah Haji-Sadeqi, who serves as Supreme Leader Khamenei's representative within the corps, issued a sharp statement as Iran-US talks are underway in Switzerland, saying Iran 'will never be friends with America' and 'will not abandon our goal of destroying Israel,' according to the message from his channel. He added that negotiations are a means to achieve Iran's rights, not a path to reconciliation, and warned against compromising on that principle.
Abdollah Haji-Sadeqi, the representative of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, published a forceful message Sunday morning as formal US-Iran talks are taking place in Switzerland. Haji-Sadeqi stated that Iran will never be friends with America and will not abandon its goal of destroying Israel. He characterized the ongoing negotiations as a tactical tool for advancing Iranian rights — akin to war — and not a step toward reconciliation, cautioning against any deviation from this principle.
The message comes shortly after The Zioneer reported (Sun 10:52) that Haji-Sadeqi had issued a similarly sharp warning ahead of the talks. That earlier bulletin noted the deep gaps between the parties as the Bürgenstock round of negotiations began. This new statement reinforces the IRGC's hardline posture, echoing remarks by other senior Iranian figures in recent days who have dismissed the notion of compromise. The channel publishing Haji-Sadeqi's statement is linked to him directly. No on-record reaction from the US or Israeli sides has been reported yet.
What remains open: Haji-Sadeqi's statement does not specify whether these views reflect the formal Iranian negotiating position or represent the internal hardline camp. The talks in Switzerland are ongoing, and no official readout has been released from either side.
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