Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Speaker of Parliament, said: «The Americans never thought they would face such a defeat in front of the Islamic Republic.»

He added: «In the 40-day war, America had the ambition to carry out a security action against Tehran from the Kurdistan region of Iraq, but the plot of the enemy failed.»

Ghalibaf emphasized: «America and Israel are trying to create differences between Iran and Iraq.»