Tehran [Iran], May 31 (ANI): Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf on Sunday accused the United States of attempting to divide the Islamic Republic and create discord in the country through economic pressure and media manipulation to 'compensate for its military defeat,' and termed Washington's efforts to force Tehran to surrender a 'false dream'.

Ghalibaf addressed the ongoing 'new phase of the war', warning that the enemy seeks to create such discord, in a veiled reference to the US-Israeli coalition forces.

He stressed that Iranians are determined to resist what he termed the 'executioner and murderer enemy bent on destroying Iran and Islam'.

'In the new phase of the war, the enemy is seeking to create discord and destroy the country's cohesion through economic pressure and media manipulation in order to compensate for its military defeat and force us to surrender; what a false dream!' the Iranian speaker said, as quoted in a statement issued by Iranian state media Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).

Ghalibaf further outlined 'four arenas of a full-fledged struggle' in this decisive period: military, public, diplomatic, and service to the people.

'Today, the great and history-making nation of Iran knows that they are standing at a sensitive and historical point that future generations will regret, and for this reason, they are resisting the executioner and murderer enemy who are bent on destroying Iran and Islam so that Iranians can be proud of their fathers and mothers in the years to come. In this decisive war, the military battlefield, the street battlefield, the diplomacy battlefield, and the service to the people battlefield are four arenas of a full-fledged struggle,' he added.

He made these remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of new members of the Parliament's praesidium, held virtually with 187 representatives participating online and 14 attending in person. This session marked the first of the third year of Iran's 12th parliament.

He highlighted that Iran's military achievements, particularly in missile capabilities, have been made possible with popular support, while diplomatic efforts must translate these successes into political and legal gains.

He also stressed that no agreement with external powers will be approved until it ensures the rights of the Iranian people.

'What has been achieved in the military field and with our missiles has been with the support and backing of the people, and the job of diplomacy is to turn these victories into political and legal achievements, and the duty of the service field is to solve the problems of the people with the support of these victories. In this path, as I have repeatedly stated, the soldiers of the battlefield of diplomacy have no trust in the words and promises of the enemy. What the criterion is for us is the concrete achievements that we must achieve in order to fulfil our commitments in return, and we will not approve any agreement until we are sure that we have taken the rights of the Iranian people,' Ghalibaf said. (ANI)