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Ghalibaf says Israelis are 'working overtime' to drag the US into endless war with Iran

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Israelis are trying day and night to draw the US into an endless war with Iran, according to Al Jazeera and the Iranian outlets Tasnim and Mehr.

Al Jazeera's live blog quotes him as saying Israelis are "working overtime to drag the US into an endless war with Iran".

Al Jazeera reports that the remarks came as Mohsen Rezaei dismissed reports that talks between Tehran and Washington are ongoing.

This is a separate line from Ghalibaf's earlier warning that Iran's armed forces "will determine the geography of the war" if Iran is attacked again. It echoes a Financial Times report, covered earlier on this blog, that Netanyahu is pressing Trump daily to resume the war. There is no indication that Ghalibaf was responding to that report.

Ghalibaf's claim about Israeli intentions has not been independently checked.

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