TEHRAN, Iran: Iran on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s call for a peace deal as contradictory, citing the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June as evidence of Washington’s conflicting actions.
“The US president’s expressed desire for peace and dialogue as contradictory to America’s hostile and criminal behavior toward the Iranian people,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
“How can one claim to seek peace and friendship while simultaneously attacking residential areas and peaceful nuclear facilities, killing over a thousand innocent people, including women and children, in the midst of political negotiations?” the ministry said.
In mid-June, Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran, targeting nuclear and military facilities as well as residential areas, resulting in the deaths of over 1,000 people.
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The 12-day conflict, during which the United States also carried out strikes on key Iranian nuclear sites, disrupted high-level nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
In response, Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Israel. A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has been in effect since June 24.
In a speech to the Israeli parliament on Monday, President Trump expressed his desire for a peace deal with Iran, stating that the next move rests with Tehran for any agreement to move forward.
“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 stop threatening their neighbours, quit funding their militant proxies, and finally recognise Israel’s right to exist.
Tehran hit back, calling the remarks “irresponsible and shameful” and accused 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.
