Iranian Hardliners Cut TV Interview With Chief Peace Negotiator
2nd July 2026
Iranian hardliners abruptly cut off a television interview with the country’s chief peace negotiator as he was defending the deal with the United States.
The pre-recorded interview with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stopped midway through its broadcast on the IRINN state TV channel on Tuesday night, prompting a rare public protest from parliament.
Mr Ghalibaf was in the middle of a sentence which started: “The $12bn – yes, they can do it and it is ongoing” when the screen went black and then switched to an old speech by Ali Khamenei, the former supreme leader.