Esmaeil Kowsari

Views He is an outspoken critic of President Hassan Rouhani and his administration, as well as the nuclear negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, terming it "wasting time". Kowsari was among Delvāpaṣ attendees of the 2014 landmark anti-nuclear deal conference named "We're Worried", held at the former Embassy of the United States, Tehran.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the music on hold for his office telephone is the famous song with the lyrics “America, death to your deceit! The blood of our youth is dripping from your claw”. He called Javad Zarif's handshake with the U.S. President Barack Obama an "unrevolutionary act" and called for his impeachment in October 2015.

Kowsari has rebuked reformists, stating in 2013 that Iranians "fundamentally no longer trust" the faction.