The majority of members of Iran’s parliament have issued a statement saying that President Trump’s “termination” of the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding shows that Iran’s problems with the US cannot be solved through negotiations.
The statement, signed by 180 of the 290 members of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, called for action to be taken in the wake of the end of the MoU and for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to be avenged.
“Now that the foolish US president has declared this Memorandum of Understanding to be over, the decisive and revolutionary positions of the heads of state on this issue are urgently expected,” the lawmakers said, according to a Google translation of the full text of the statement published by the Iranian daily Hamshari.
“This experience has once again proven the words of our martyred Imam that resolving the issues between Iran and America through negotiations is not possible,” they added.
According to PressTV’s translation, the lawmakers said they “pledge in the parliamentary trench not to neglect for a moment the efforts, planning and practical measures in the path of blood revenge.”
The statement came as the US launched days of heavy airstrikes across southern Iran, which the lawmakers called the “Third Imposed War.” They said that they would “not hesitate to provide any support and assistance at all levels to meet the needs of the armed forces and will support the children of the nation’s sacrificed lives with all our might.”
