Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf

Ghalibaf signed the Islamabad memorandum with JD Vance on 15 June, placing Iran's parliamentary speaker on the formal channel intended to reopen the strait of Hormuz and begin wider talks. About 60 Majlis members then demanded that he explain the signature, exposing the domestic resistance facing a figure who also controlled parliament's response to any agreement.

On 18 July, Iran formally suspended the memorandum. That left Ghalibaf's June signature as evidence of his ability to represent Tehran in negotiations, but not as a durable settlement. Any new channel must again reckon with his parliamentary standing and the resistance that followed his earlier deal.

On 16 August, Ghalibaf declared that Iran had won the war militarily and politically while the Majlis security committee considered management of the strait of Hormuz. The meeting placed Parliament alongside Iran's executive and foreign ministry in decisions affecting the waterway.

Three days later, Iraq's Parliament speaker asked Ghalibaf for special consideration for Iraqi oil exports through Hormuz during a Baghdad visit. The request treated the Majlis speaker as a relevant political route for a practical shipping issue, even though Iran had granted Iraq an earlier exemption on 5 April.