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US president will dream of wiping Iran off the map: Pezeshkian
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday that the US president will dream of wiping out Iran, arguing that the Iranian people would overcome the country’s problems through strength and resolve.
Referring to the US president’s threats of annihilating of Iranian people, Pezeshkian said for the US President Donald Trump human rights, international law and humanitarian law are “baseless” issues.
But the Iranian people, he said, would overcome difficulties and restrictions and would take part in producing and building the country.
The president also praised the unity and cohesion that had taken shape among Iranians in opposition to their enemies.
The United States and Israel, which he described as “criminal", had not believed that the Iranian people would be able to remain steadfast despite existing economic problems, he said. Their expectation, according to the president, had been that the country would collapse from within.
Instead, he said, the war and attacks on various parts of Iran had pushed people to play a key role in defending the country.
The Iranian president returned to the country on Saturday night after taking part in the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Upon his arrival in Tehran, Pezeshkian said he made use of the UN session to expose the unprecedented crimes of the United States and Israel against the Iranian nation and the broader West Asia region.
He fiercely dismissed Trump’s baseless accusations labeling Iran a “terrorist” state, exposing the profound hypocrisy of Washington and its regional proxy.
“The United States directs numerous assassinations across the globe and trains terrorists,” Pezeshkian said. “Israel is also a regime that, with the full backing of the US, assassinates individuals anywhere in the world, and then they have the audacity to claim they are fighting terrorism.”
The president noted that Trump’s own belligerent remarks at the summit fundamentally shifted Iran’s diplomatic approach.
“These statements somewhat changed our way of thinking and our response. At the assembly, we defended Iran, our beliefs, and our convictions based on what we could,” he explained.
Logic of negotiations
Addressing Western pressure to enter talks, Pezeshkian clarified Iran’s pragmatic yet principled stance on diplomacy.
“They told us to come and talk to them, while they do not act upon what they have signed. If we talk, will they act?” he asked, highlighting the US history of breaching agreements.
“We engage in dialogue so the world does not think we fear negotiations or are unwilling to talk, nor do we want them to assume we are the source of instability,” Pezeshkian explained. “We want to prove that the main source of instability in the region is the Americans and the Israelis. They do not abide by their writings and words, and they say something new every day.”
He firmly rejected the notion of capitulation, asserting that Iran makes no unreasonable demands.
“We only demand our rights within the framework of international laws and commitments, and we are not supposed to bow to their every demand,” the president declared.