Iran claims that US President Donald Trump has “betrayed” American voters by accepting Israel’s demands and will be “solely and fully responsible” for the “dangerous consequences” of its attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US “broke a very big red line” by attacking Iran’s three nuclear facilities at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting on Sunday in Istanbul.
Araghchi criticized the strikes and demanded action from the UN Security Council shortly after Trump announced that US warplanes had “obliterated” the nuclear sites.
The “warmongering and lawless” US administration will be “solely and fully responsible for the dangerous consequences and far-reaching implications of its act of aggression,” he said, adding that it “is an outrageous, grave, and unprecedented violation of fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and international law.”
The US military’s “hostility toward the peace-seeking people of Iran” has once more been demonstrated by the level of hostility the United States has toward one of its members, who were working with the genocidal Israeli regime. He declared that we would never compromise their right to selfdetermination and sovereignty.
The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to use all means of resistance against Israeli regime’s reckless and unlawful actions, including US military aggression.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Trump’s “bold decision” to attack Iran’s nuclear sites and said Israel and the US acted in “full coordination,” escalating the Middle East conflict by starting strikes on Iran on June 13.
Trump stated following the strikes that Iran “must now consent to end this war” and that it must not be allowed to have nuclear weapons.
However, Araghchi argued that any call for a return to the country’s nuclear negotiations was “irrelevant.” Before Israel launched a surprise strike on Iran earlier this month, which the US publicly supported, the US and Iran were in nuclear talks.
Iran refutes Israeli claims that it is secretly developing nuclear weapons, saying that its uranium enrichment program is only for civilian purposes. Netanyahu has stated that he will continue the attacks “as many days as necessary” to stop Iran from developing a “nuclear threat.”
The United States betrayed diplomacy by supporting the genocidal Israeli regime’s launch of an illegal war of aggression against Iran, according to Araghchi.
“We were diplomatically engaged, but we were attacked.” Israelis were given the option of attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities if they were not given permission to do so. They have shown that they only comprehend the language of threat and force and are not diplomatic men.
Pete Hegseth, the US’s defense secretary, expressed his hope for Iran’s return to the table on Sunday.
He told reporters, “I can only confirm that there are Iranians receiving public and private messages through a variety of channels, giving them every opportunity to speak up.”
Trump also “trayed” US voters, according to Trump.
Araghchi also charged Trump with betraying both his own supporters and Iran. He claimed that Trump was elected with the intention of ending “America’s costly involvement in “forever wars.”
He betrayed Iran by abusing our commitment to diplomacy as well as deceiving his own voters by accepting the wishes of a wanted war criminal who has grown accustomed to using American citizens’ lives and wealth to advance the Israeli regime’s goals, according to Araghchi, referring to Netanyahu.
Since Israel’s June 13 attacks began, Iran claims that more than 400 people have died and at least 3, 056 have been injured. At least 24 people have died as a result of Iranian strikes in Israel.
In response to the unprecedented US strikes, Araghchi announced that he would travel to Moscow later on Sunday and hold “serious consultations” with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday morning.
He stated in Istanbul that “Russia and Iran are friends and we share a strategic partnership.” We “always consult with each other and coordinate our positions.”
In addition, Iran’s UN delegation officially requested that the UN Security Council hold an urgent meeting on Sunday to discuss the US strikes. The Iranian delegation urged “immediate action and the adoption of necessary measures under the framework of the United Nations Charter” in a letter sent to the council and distributed by Fars News Agency.
Source: Aljazeera
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