Iran’s Parliament Speaker Accuses US of Breaching Memorandum of Understanding

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran’s parliament, publicly accused the United States of breaching a memorandum of understanding. The statement was made on July 8, 2026, in Tehran. Ghalibaf emphasized that the era of bullying and extortion was over, and that attempts to blackmail Iran would fail. Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, in a separate statement published the previous day, noted that the US had repeatedly violated the terms of the memorandum over the past three weeks. The two statements, while aligned in their criticism of US actions, were issued by different officials and at different times.