'The Iranian people will neither compromise nor surrender'

Tehran Times · 2026-10-26 16:31 UTC

TEHRAN — Military attacks and economic pressure will not force Iran into submission, says former foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who argues that Washington has failed to translate its superior resources into its desired outcomes.

Lawmaker and former FM tells Tehran Times that Iran’s resistance has exposed limits of US military power, sanctions and political influence

TEHRAN — Military attacks and economic pressure will not force Iran into submission, says former foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who argues that Washington has failed to translate its superior resources into its desired outcomes.

In an interview with the Tehran Times, Mottaki, now a lawmaker and member of Parliament’s Economic Committee, discusses the country’s wartime governance, its response to renewed sanctions and its diplomatic efforts at recent Inter-Parliamentary Union assemblies. He acknowledges the economic hardships facing Iranians but maintains that public grievances should not be mistaken for a willingness to yield to foreign pressure.

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