Iran has rejected US claims of willingness to negotiate, calling them “simply disingenuous and preposterous” following unprovoked attacks on the country’s nuclear facilities in June amid ongoing diplomatic talks.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Thursday responded to US President Donald Trump's claims that upon taking office, he had made a “generous offer” of full cooperation with Iran in exchange for suspending its nuclear program.
"The United States claim of offering diplomacy is simply disingenuine and preposterous; you cannot bomb a country amidst ongoing diplomatic negotiations and offer peace," Baghaei wrote on X.
Baghaei touched on Trump's boasts in his UN General Assembly speech, proudly declaring how B2 bombers had dropped 30,000-pound bombs on Iran’s nuclear facilities supervised by the UN nuclear agency and "totally obliterated everything”.
"Taking pride in your unlawful attack on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities - as outrageous and gross as it is- would also further aggravate the United States int'l responsibility for its egregious wrongful act of aggression and demonstrate the US's rulers deep animosity toward "The Nation of IRAN"," the spokesman wrote.
In his speech, Trump declared Iran “the world’s number one sponsor of terror", claiming that he had sent Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei "a letter making a generous offer", but Tehran's "answer was to continue their constant threats to their neighbors and US interests”.
"When you point a 'wrong' finger at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you; falsely accusing Iran of supporting terrorism would not absolve the United States of their direct participation & complicity in Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians, systematic terrorism and continuing aggressions against many States," Baghaei responded.
On June 13, Israel launched an unprovoked aggression against Iran, initiating a 12-day war that resulted in at least 1,064 Iranian casualties, including military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
The United States further escalated the war by unlawfully bombing three peaceful Iranian nuclear facilities.
Through successful retaliatory operations, Iran effectively halted the terrorist assault by June 24.
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