An Iranian military spokesperson on Wednesday mocked the US for announcing talks with Iran and a possible ceasefire, claiming that the Americans are negotiating with themselves.

Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for the Iranian military’s Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, made the comments in a video aired on state television.

“The strategic power you used to talk about has turned into a strategic failure,” he said. “The one claiming to be a global superpower would have already gotten out of this mess if it could. Don’t dress up your defeat as an agreement. Your era of empty promises has come to an end.”

“Have your internal conflicts reached the point where you are negotiating with yourselves? Our first and last word has been the same from day one, and it will stay that way: Someone like us will never come to terms with someone like you. Not now, not ever.”

“Stability in the region is guaranteed by the strong hand of our armed forces. Stability through strength,” Zolfaghari said. “We state this clearly: Until it is our will, nothing will go back to the way it was. That will only come about when the very thought of acting against the Iranian nation is completely wiped from your corrupt minds.”

His statements came after reports that Washington had sent a 15-point ceasefire plan to Iran.

At the same time, thousands of US Marines are on the way to the Gulf, and the US Army is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)