Iran\u2019s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the Islamabad memorandum of understanding \u201cbecame a declaration of America\u2019s defeat,\u201d emphasizing that the agreement was not the result of pressure but of Iran\u2019s resistance and dignity. Speaking Wednesday at the 20th Conference of the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States in Baku, Azerbaijan, Qalibaf said the MoU demonstrated that dialogue succeeds when the other side abandons attempts to impose its will on a civilized nation. \u201cThe Islamabad memorandum of understanding became a declaration of America\u2019s defeat,\u201d he stated. Qalibaf emphasized that the fierce resistance of Iran\u2019s Armed Forces and the people\u2019s heroic stand imposed heavy costs on the US and the \u201cfake Israeli regime.\u201d He noted that the war was not merely a military confrontation but \u201can organized effort to change regional strategic balances and impose will upon a free nation.\u201d The United States and Israel launched an unprovoked war against Iran on February 28, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and several senior commanders. \u201cThe Iranian nation proved that the era of imposing will upon independent nations has ended, and you saw how the world admired this perseverance and victory,\u201d Qalibaf told the assembly. He said that sustainable peace comes not from submission and pressure but from \u201cdignity, power, and respect.\u201d While acknowledging the high costs of the war, he said it revealed the fundamental truth that \u201cresistance and the people\u2019s steadfastness disrupt the calculations of aggressors in the most difficult circumstances.\u201d Qalibaf added that the Islamabad agreement was \u201ca memorandum that showed dialogue yields results when the other side refrains from imposing its will on a civilized nation and accepts our rights.\u201d The Parliament speaker also called for regional security to be ensured by regional countries themselves, stating that \u201cno country in the region will find its security in the insecurity of others.\u201d He said the region\u2019s future is \u201cnot in confrontation but in interaction; not in elimination but in coexistence; not in imported security but in indigenous and shared security.\u201d Qalibaf reaffirmed Iran\u2019s readiness to expand cooperation with all Islamic countries based on mutual respect, non-interference, and good neighborliness, adding that Iran fully supports practical initiatives for joint economic, commercial, and security mechanisms. Turning to Palestine, he said \u201cno sustainable security architecture in West Asia can be formed without a just resolution of the Palestinian issue,\u201d adding that \u201cpeace built on injustice will have fragile stability.\u201d He concluded by describing the defense of Palestinian rights as \u201cnot merely a defense of a historical cause but a defense of the logic that justice and stability are two sides of the same coin.\u201d The conference is being held under the theme \u201cPromoting Sustainable and Inclusive Economic Development in OIC Member States through Parliamentary Cooperation,\u201d with nine parliament speakers, parliamentary representatives, and high-ranking delegations from Islamic countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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