The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a further statement this morning expanding on its earlier decision to exit all negotiations with the United States. The IRGC said it considered US policy one of 'arrogance and extortion,' decided to fully withdraw from any direct or indirect track, and declared the matter 'permanently closed.' The statement also asserted that 'the logic of force is the only language this enemy understands.' The message draws a distinction between the IRGC and the Iranian state, with the IRGC claiming responsibility for its own decisions.
In a follow-up statement published at 07:18 Jerusalem, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reinforced its earlier announcement (first reported at 06:03 Jerusalem by The Zioneer) withdrawing from all diplomatic tracks with the United States. The statement, issued in both Hebrew and Arabic, cites American 'arrogance and extortion' and declares that 'the logic of force is the only language this enemy understands.' The IRGC explicitly states that its command decided on a 'complete and permanent closure' of the negotiation file and will not participate in any future round, direct or indirect, under any conditions. The language appears designed to assert the IRGC's institutional autonomy from the Iranian state's diplomatic apparatus. The bulletin's third-party commentary — a separate channel's observation that the IRGC is 'imposing on itself what it imposed on Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq' — is not part of the IRGC's statement and has been excluded from this report. This marks the second IRGC statement on the matter within approximately an hour, signaling a hardening of the paramilitary elite's position even as Iran's formal negotiation track reportedly remains open.
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