Tehran, July 1 -- In a fiery televised address following his diplomatic mission to Switzerland, Iran's Parliament Speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, claimed that Israel is desperately trying to destroy the newly signed 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Tehran and Washington.

Ghalibaf framed the bilateral peace framework as a major strategic setback for Western allies, asserting that Israel's recent military escalations in Lebanon were a direct, panicked reaction to the terms of the accord.

According to ISNA, Ghalibaf said in a television interview on Tuesday that his visit to Switzerland was aimed at implementing the provisions of the memorandum, but developments in Lebanon delayed the pro...