'No one else can make us surrender': Iran defies US threats
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said “No one can make us surrender” as he responded to US calls for concessions in negotiations to end the war, adding that members of the Shia faith “cannot be coerced by force”.
Writing on the social platform X, Pezeshkian said he had spoken with Iraq’s prime minister and urged the United States to remove military threats from the Middle East.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in recent days that a new security plan for the Strait of Hormuz is aimed at preventing weapons and supplies from reaching US military bases in the region, a key sticking point in talks.
US President Donald Trump said the operation to reopen the strategic waterway, dubbed “Project Freedom”, had been paused to allow negotiations with Tehran to advance.
We Muslims have already surrendered to the Almighty; no one else can make us surrender.
In my call with Iraq's PM @AliFalihAlzaidy, I urged the US to remove military threats from our region; followers of the Shia school cannot be coerced by force. #Iran #Iraq https://t.co/9Fh1XJyl0F
— Masoud Pezeshkian (@drpezeshkian) May 5, 2026