By TLF Editorial Team
Sources in Tehran with close knowledge of government thinking told The Levant Files that President Donald Trump’s latest address has been received in Iran not as an opening for peace, but as an attempt to increase pressure while Washington searches for a way out of the crisis.
“This is not the language of peace. This is bullying,” one source said, requesting anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The source argued that the US position in the war with Iran is becoming increasingly difficult as international and energy markets remain on edge. “The markets are close to the brink, and this is creating immense pressure on the hawks in Washington,” the source said.
“Mr Trump is now realising that Iran is not Venezuela — a point The Levant Files underlined yesterday,” the source added. “He is trying to distort the reality and the facts on the ground.”
According to the same source, Washington has yet to develop a credible strategy for ending the confrontation. “Mr Trump has no exit policy from the crisis he himself created, following the hostile acts of the Zionist entity (TLF: State of Israel),” the source said. “In the background, his team is eager to reach an agreement with us. But so far there have been no tangible results.”
The source insisted that the Islamic Republic remains open to diplomacy, while making clear that Tehran will not negotiate under what it considers coercion. “Iran is willing to negotiate and find a peaceful resolution,” the source said. “But at the same time, it is prepared for every scenario.”
A second Tehran source, also speaking on condition of anonymity, acknowledged the heavy domestic pressure caused by inflation and the burden of war. “Yes, inflation and the costs of war are creating further problems for us, and people are showing signs of anxiety,” the source said. “But that does not automatically mean surrender without terms or conditions. We are here to resist imperialism.”
The remarks are broadly consistent with the public line set out by senior Iranian officials. Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Tuesday that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaking at a ceremony marking Sacred Defense Week, described the experience of the Iran-Iraq war as a national doctrine for confronting threats and building deterrence.
According to IRNA, Ghalibaf said that experience had taught Iran resilience in the economic sphere, technological self-reliance in defence and national unity in the face of external pressure. He also described negotiations as another form of struggle: not a withdrawal from the battlefield, but the transfer of part of the confrontation to the diplomatic arena.
Ghalibaf argued that diplomacy rooted in the culture of Sacred Defense should convert battlefield power into political gains. He added that foreign powers, including the United States, could not impose their will on Iran.
The Levant Files could not independently verify the assessment offered by its Tehran sources. Their message, however, is unambiguous: Tehran sees diplomatic space as still open, but believes that a negotiated settlement will require Washington to move away from threats and accept that pressure alone will not dictate Iran’s choices.
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