Tehran, May 31 -- Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf on Sunday accused the United States of attempting to divide the Islamic Republic and create discord in the country through economic pressure and media manipulation to "compensate for its military defeat," and termed Washington's efforts to force Tehran to surrender a "false dream".

Ghalibaf addressed the ongoing "new phase of the war", warning that the enemy seeks to create such discord, in a veiled reference to the US-Israeli coalition forces.

He stressed that Iranians are determined to resist what he termed the "executioner and murderer enemy bent on destroying Iran and Islam".

"In the new phase of the war, the enemy is seeking to create discord and destroy the count...