Iran fears that war talks with the US could be a trap for Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf.
Iranian authorities fear that negotiations with the United States to resolve the war could be a trap, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing Iranian and Arab officials who have spoken with them.
Tehran fears that any personal meetings could lead to an assassination attempt on Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with whom the US is seeking negotiations. Ghalibaf has not been the target of Israeli strikes in nearly a month of war.
Iran is also suspicious of Donald Trump's remarks about a five-day pause before attacks on energy infrastructure due to negotiations. Tehran suspects the American president is merely seeking to lower oil prices before resuming strikes.
