Iran on Wednesday rejected statements made by United States President Donald Trump regarding a ceasefire.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said Trump’s remarks claiming Tehran requested for a ceasefire were “false and baseless”, Reuters news agency reported citing Iranian state TV.
Earlier today, the US President said in a post on Truth Social that “Iran’s New Regime President” had requested him for a ceasefire. Iran still has the same President.
Trump further claimed that he had replied that he would consider it if the Strait of Hormuz was “open, free and clear.” “Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!” the US President added.
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had in an interview with Al Jazeera aired late Tuesday signalled Tehran’s willingness to keep fighting. “You cannot speak to the people of Iran in the language of threats and deadlines,” he said. “We do not set any deadline for defending ourselves,” Araghchi said.
Trump says US ‘going to be out’ of Iran ‘pretty quickly’
Meanwhile, Trump suggested that the US could end its war on Iran soon, and would return for “spot hits” if necessary. Asked when the US would consider the war to be over, the US President told Reuters, “I can’t tell you exactly … we’re going to be out pretty quickly.”
Trump said Iran was “incapable” of having nuclear weapons now. “They won’t have a nuclear weapon because they are incapable of that now, and then I’ll leave, and I’ll take everybody with me, and if we have to we’ll come back to do spot hits,” he added.
The US President had also signalled on Tuesday that the conflict could be brought to an end in two to three weeks even without a deal. Trump also continued threats against the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), saying he was “absolutely” considering an attempt to withdraw the US from the alliance.
