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Iran military spokesperson says US is negotiating with itself, state media

By Thomson Reuters Mar 25, 2026 | 12:24 AM

March 25 (Reuters) – The United States is negotiating with itself, an Iranian military spokesman ​said according to state ‌media on Wednesday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Tehran wants to make a deal ‌to ​end the ⁠war in the Middle ⁠East.

A 15-point plan aimed at putting an end to the conflict was drafted by ​Washington and sent to Tehran, a person familiar with ⁠the matter told ⁠Reuters on Tuesday.

“Has the ​level of your inner struggle ​reached the stage of you negotiating ‌with yourself?” Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperon for the unified command of Iran’s armed forces, Khatam ⁠al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, taunted the U.S. leadership.

“People like us can never get ⁠along ‌with people like you.”

Zolfaqari ⁠said U.S. investments and ​pre-war ‌energy prices would not ​return ⁠as long as Washington does not accept that regional stability is guaranteed by Iranian armed forces.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by ​Christopher Cushing)