If you read this as talks collapsing, you’re taking the bait, this is how they raise stakes before sitting back down.
🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 BREAKING: Iran's lead negotiator Ghalibaf rejects negotiations while the U.S. blockade continues and threatened to reveal "new cards on the battlefield"
"Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn this negotiating table, in his own imagination,… https://t.co/BGdWnCWNvB pic.twitter.com/XViTub1DS9
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 20, 2026
New threat from Iran — We will reveal new cards on the battlefield.
Iran’s lead negotiator and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran will not negotiate under threats and warned it has spent the past two weeks preparing new options on the battlefield.
“By imposing a blockade and violating the ceasefire, Trump wants to turn the negotiating table into a table of surrender or justify renewed warmongering,” he posted on X.
“We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and over the past two weeks we have been preparing to reveal new cards on the battlefield.”