Iran declines invitation to Gaza peace summit, rejects Trump's Abraham Accords offer

Tehran has declined Egypt’s official invitation to participate in the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit on Gaza ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he cannot sit at the same table with the statemen who attacked his country.

In a post on X, Araghchi expressed gratitude for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s invitation but made it clear that neither President Masoud Pezeshkian nor himself would be meeting with hostile counterparts.

"Iran is grateful for President El-Sisi's invitation to attend the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit. While favouring diplomatic engagement, neither President Pezeshkian nor I can engage with counterparts who have attacked the Iranian people and continue to threaten and sanction us."

He said this in reference to joint Israeli - U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities in June, as well as the US maximum pressure sanctions targeting the country’s economy, energy and health sectors.

However, he reiterated Tehran’s firm support for any Palestinian decision that ends Israel’s military occupation of Gaza.

“Having said that, Iran welcomes any initiative that ends Israel's Genocide in Gaza and ensures the expulsion of occupation forces," he added.

The summit in Egypt’s Red Sea port city of Sharm al-Sheikh will be co-chaired by el-Sisi and U.S. President Donald Trump to formalise a ceasefire and lay out reconstruction and governance steps after the two-year war in Gaza.

Iran does not recognise Israel and therefore has not accepted the two-state solution of Palestine and Israel expressing its reservation on the issue at the international forums on the situation in the Palestinian lands.

Araghchi also rejected Trump's statement saying Iran can join the Abraham Accords which include agreements that established diplomatic normalisation between Israel and some Arab states.

In a televised interview on Saturday, he said that the US President expresses what he wants to achieve in different ways, stressing that Trump’s expectation will never take place.

“Trump usually expresses what he wants to achieve in various ways, but the foundation of the Abraham Accords is fundamentally treacherous and has no alignment with the ideals of the Islamic Revolution or the Iranian nation.”

“It will never happen,” Iran’s top diplomat added.

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