'Losing Side Cannot Dictate Terms': Iran Says Ceasefire Extension A Ploy To Buy Time For 'Surprise Strike'

Last Updated:April 22, 2026, 09:57 IST

Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely with Iran to allow more time for peace talks, asserting the need to give Iran's "fractured" leadership time to form a proposal

Mahdi Mohammadi, a senior adviser to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baghar Ghalibaf, slammed U.S. President Donald Trump over the ceasefire extension, saying the “losing side cannot dictate terms".

Mohammadi claimed the extension of the ceasefire was “certainly a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike".

“Trump’s ceasefire extension means nothing. The losing side cannot dictate terms. The continuation of the siege is no different from bombardment and must be met with a military response. Moreover, Trump’s ceasefire extension is certainly a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike. The time for Iran to take the initiative has come," the top Iranian leader wrote in a post on ‘X’.

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Earlier today, U.S. President Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely with Iran to allow more time for peace talks, asserting the need to give Iran’s “fractured" leadership time to form a proposal.

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