Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that U.S. President Donald Trump had been misled by disinformation on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program which led him to order an attack on Iran in June.
“It is more than clear by now that POTUS has been badly fed the fake line that Iran’s peaceful nuclear program was on the verge of weaponization this spring. That is simply a BIG LIE, and he should have been informed that there is zero proof of that, as confirmed by his own intelligence community,” he said in a post on X.
His reaction comes following remarks on Monday by the U.S. President in the Israeli parliament as well as at the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit in Egypt, alleging that Theran was developing nuclear bombs and was deterred after the airstrikes on its nuclear facilities.
“One can hardly be branded as President of Peace while provoking endless WARS and aligning with WAR criminals. Mr. Trump can either be a President of Peace or a President of War, but he cannot be both at the same time,” Araghchi added.
Ironically, Iran’s top diplomat agreed with U.S. president in that Iran should not be used as a scapegoat in the Arab-Israeli normalization process while Tehran does not recognize Israel and has not accepted the two-state formula.
“He is right in saying that Iran should not be used as a pretext regarding normalization with Israel.
If someone wants to throw the Palestinians under the bus while embracing a genocidal entity that thirsts to devour the whole region, they should have the guts to take full responsibility for it in front of their people and not blame others.” he said.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry had on Tuesday strongly condemned Trump's call for dialogue with Tehran at the Israeli parliament as “contradictory”, accusing him of “hostile and criminal behaviour”.
Tehran also declined Egypt’s invitation to participate in the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit on Gaza ceasefire between Hamas and Israel on Monday saying that it cannot sit at the same table with those who attacked Iran, referring to the joint Israel - US airstrikes in June.
Araghchi is currently in Kampala, Uganda to take part at the 19th Mid-Term Ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on October 15-16.
He is expected to state Iran’s position on regional and international developments including the stalled nuclear talks with US and the Gaza ceasefire besides meeting with the counterparts from the NAM member states.
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Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed, according to the latest data, as uncertainty over the waterway’s reopening kept most shipowners away. Six commodity vessels crossed the strait on Tuesday, down from nine the day before and below the 10-day daily average of 11.
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains limited on Thursday, with no increase in vessel crossings as U.S.-Iran talks to resolve the conflict remained stalled. Nine commodity vessels transited the key waterway on Wednesday, unchanged from the previous day, according to Kpler data.
Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the U.S. fulfils the terms of an interim deal, including lifting the maritime blockade and sanctions and releasing Iran’s frozen assets.
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