Also today: ➡️Ghalibaf: Diplomacy does not mean capitulation; rather, it is about converting power on the ground into political achievement. ➡️IRGC spokesman: We must determine when and through what course of action our national interests are best served. If our national interests dictate that we fight, then we must fight. If they dictate that we engage in negotiations alongside the fighting, then we must negotiate. ➡️Yahya Rahim Safavi, IRGC general and former military adviser to Ali Khamenei: If the Supreme Leader now deems it in the public interest to give the government a free hand in the negotiations, that represents a significant act of prudent judgment. Whatever Araghchi is negotiating in New York, he appears to have the backing of the security establishment.