Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the president of the Iranian Parliament, is a former general of the Revolutionary Guards. (Credit: Icana News Agency, via AFP)
Sometimes militant, sometimes pragmatic, an advocate of the Iranian regime’s harshest policies yet showing openness to nuclear negotiations with the American adversary, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been suggested as the mysterious “respected leader” President Trump says he spoke with this week in pursuit of a complete resolution to the war with Iran."We're dealing with the man who, I believe, is the most respected and the 'leader'" [but] "not" the supreme leader, the U.S. president said at a press conference on Monday. In response to the White House’s overtures, Ghalibaf denies being the interlocutor in potential talks, calling the reports “fake news” intended to manipulate oil markets and obscure what he described as a “quagmire.”Navigating Iran’s political and security apparatus for more than thirty...
Sometimes militant, sometimes pragmatic, an advocate of the Iranian regime’s harshest policies yet showing openness to nuclear negotiations with the American adversary, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been suggested as the mysterious “respected leader” President Trump says he spoke with this week in pursuit of a complete resolution to the war with Iran."We're dealing with the man who, I believe, is the most respected and the 'leader'" [but] "not" the supreme leader, the U.S. president said at a press conference on Monday. In response to the White House’s overtures, Ghalibaf denies being the interlocutor in potential talks, calling the reports “fake news” intended to manipulate oil markets and obscure what he described as a “quagmire.”Navigating Iran’s political and security apparatus for...
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