Threats do not work against this nation: Iran tells US after Trump’s accusations
President Masoud Pezeshkian firmly rejects his American counterpart’s recent accusations and threats against Iran, asserting that the Islamic Republic would not be intimidated by external threats and remained resolute in its pursuit of national development and regional peace.
During a speech in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, the chief executive addressed Trump’s remarks made during his earlier trip to Saudi Arabia, which labeled Iran as a source of regional instability.
Pezeshkian questioned the credibility of such accusations, highlighting, among other things, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has been brought about by unending Israeli aggression, which has been enabled by the United States to a very large extent.
“How do they accuse us of being the source of insecurity, while they killed 60,000 women and children in Gaza under bombardment and withheld water and medicine from these defenseless people? Who, really, is the source of the threat?” the president asked.
He was referring to the sheer extent of the fatalities and other appalling outcomes of an October 2023-present Israeli war of genocide on the Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv has been taking the coastal sliver under interminable and indiscriminate deadly bombardment throughout the course of the warfare. The brutal military onslaught has been receiving untrammeled American military and political support.
While in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Trump had tried to characterize Iran as the “most destructive force” in the West Asia region.
He had accused the country of fueling regional instability and said that the United States would not allow it to develop a “nuclear weapon,” rebuffing Tehran total rejection of such non-conventional arms.
Trump had, meanwhile, threatened to deploy “massive maximum pressure” against the Islamic Republic.
Pezeshkian, however, emphasized that Iran stood for peace and human dignity, contrasting its position with the actions of those who supplied weapons to the region while claiming to seek peace.
Commitment to national development, unity
The president, meanwhile, underscored the importance of unity and self-reliance in the face of external pressures.
He acknowledged the resilience of the Iranian people over the past decades, stating, “For 47 years, they (the country’s adversaries) have been trying with all their might to bring this establishment and these people to their knees, but they have failed, and they will continue to fail.”
Highlighting the role of intellectuals and youths in nation-building efforts, he called for leveraging the country’s internal strengths to overcome challenges and achieve progress.
