# More pressure on Iran unlikely to produce concessions outside US deal, speaker says

https://mins.news/en/item/25479

- TASS, 2026-08-18 20:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2174863

> Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said mounting US pressure on Tehran would not make the Islamic Republic grant concessions beyond those set out in a previously signed agreement. He called Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and War Secretary Pete Hegseth “way out of their league” and urged the US administration to clean up the mess it had made.

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