{
  "id": 1787369,
  "title": "Iran's Speaker says Bessent and Hegseth are 'way out of their league'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/irans-speaker-says-bessent-and-hegseth-are-way-out-of-their-league",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T19:41:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6036181-iranian-speaker-bashes-bessent-hegseth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Tuesday bashed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as being “way out of their league” in trying to bring Tehran to the table for peace negotiations. “Americans think squeezing Iran harder will win concessions that were never part of the agreement,” Ghalibaf wrote in a...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}