The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Khalibaf, on the obstacles to reaching an agreement with the US:
"If the US really doesn't trust us - the lack of trust that was built into the memorandum - then naturally we can reach an agreement. But what prevents an agreement is our lack of trust in the United States, precisely because it demands too much. He wants us to accept everything he says. Naturally, the Iranian people and our officials will never agree to this.
The Americans are now frustrated and at a loss because they have achieved nothing militarily or politically. They ran into financial problems, and you can see the results today. In the last elections, they were also defeated in the political arena."