On the record · Updated October 1, 2026

Esmail Baghaei quotes

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman

2 things Esmail Baghaei said, verbatim, from August 18, 2026 to September 2, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.

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US forces do not deliberately target civilians in strikes on Iran.

Disputes Sep 2

“This cruelty cannot be separated from the chain of atrocities that preceded it in #Minab, #Lamerd, Qeshm and elsewhere nor from the strikes on military targets that were dressed in deceptive justifications.”

NBC News US strikes hit a house during a wedding in southern Iran, and the Revolutionary Guard fires back at bases in four countries ›

Others on this question

Ebrahim Azizi head of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Disputes

“Targeting a wedding and slaughtering innocent civilians in Kuhestak, Iran, is the ultimate proof of the utter desperation of the fake defenders of human rights, a repetition of their atrocities in Minab and Lamerd,”

Tim Hawkins US Central Command spokesperson Supports

“the US military never targets civilians, unlike the IRGC”

Esmail Baghaei on The Middle East1

As printed Aug 18

“We did not start any negotiations at all, and the U.S. violated the understanding from the very beginning; therefore, the 60-day issue is not relevant”

on Iran denying any 60-day deadline binds it after the ceasefire MOU collapsed

One America News Network 60-day window established under U.S.-Iran MoU expires without final peace agreement or resolution ›

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