Speaking at the Israeli Knesset on Monday, Trump said he wanted a peace deal with Iran and that the ball was in Tehran's court for any agreement to come to pass.
TEHRAN — Dsmissing a call by US President Donald Trump to make peace with WashingtonIran Iran said on Tuesday that US President ‘s call for a peace deal with Tehran was inconsistent with Washington’s actions, referring to its strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June.
“The desire for peace and dialogue expressed by the US president is at odds with the hostile and criminal behaviour of the United States towards the Iranian people,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign on Iran, striking nuclear and military facilities as well as residential areas and killing more than 1,000 people.
The 12-day war with Israel, during which the US struck the key nuclear facilities in Iran, derailed high-level nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington.
Mr Trump can either be a president of peace or a president of war, but he cannot be both at the same time: Iran foreign minister
Iran retaliated with missile and drone attacks that killed dozens in Israel. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has been in place since June 24.
During a Monday speech at the Israeli Knesset, Trump said he wanted a peace deal with Iran and that the ball was in Tehran’s court for any agreement to come to pass.
In its statement, Iran dismissed the call.
“How can one attack the residential areas and nuclear facilities of a country in the midst of political negotiations, kill more than 1,000 people including innocent women and children, and then demand peace and friendship?” the foreign ministry asked.
Trump also said “nothing would do more good” for the region than for Iran’s leaders “to renounce terrorists, stop threatening their neighbours, quit funding their militant proxies, and finally recognise Israel’s right to exist”.
Tehran struck back, calling the remarks “irresponsible and shameful” and accusing the United States of being “a leading producer of terrorism and a supporter of the terrorist and genocidal Zionist regime”.
“The United States… has no moral authority to accuse others,” Iran’s foreign ministry said.
It accused the US of being “a leading producer of terrorism and a supporter of the terrorist and genocidal Zionist regime”, referring to Israel. “The United States … has no moral authority to accuse others,” the ministry said.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that “Mr Trump can either be a president of peace or a president of war, but he cannot be both at the same time”. — WIth inputs from AFP
