Iran’s Ghalibaf accuses US of 'theatre diplomacy'

Live Blog Update| War on Iran 6 August 2026 20:28 BST Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Thursday that Washington has pursued a “failed strategy” and called on the US to "acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments”. In reference to Trump's earlier comments that the US had been preparing to launch what he described as “the biggest attack since World War II” before Iranian officials asked for negotiations, Ghalibaf called this “theatre diplomacy on a loop”. “'Massive attack coming… wait, never mind, they want to negotiate.' That’s theater diplomacy on loop,” he wrote in a post to X. “Massive attack coming… wait, never mind, they want to negotiate.” That’s theater diplomacy on loop. Using bullying + broken promises + fake news as leverage is a failed strategy. Acknowledge the facts and fulfill your commitments. We don’t need more theater. — محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) August 6, 2026