President Pazhkian: Iran is not responsible for the regional situation; Israel pushed Trump to war.
Tehran, Irena. Iran's President Massoud Pazhkian says Israel tricked US President Donald Trump and pushed him into war, stressing that the Islamic Republic is not responsible for the current situation in the region.
"Israel played the role of incendiary in this crisis, and through Trump's deception pushed it to war," Pazhkian told Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Turkey on Thursday.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is not responsible for the current situation in the region. For what purpose and on what basis did the United States enter this area and impose a naval blockade? ".
President Pazhkian said that the era of unilateralism has come to an end, stressing that no country can impose its preferred order on others through force and coercion.
He emphasized that Iran has never sought and is not seeking nuclear weapons, adding that Washington is wrong in calculating Iran's capabilities and power by comparing the country to others.
"War is not a single interest, but the Islamic Republic of Iran will not surrender in the face of oppression and aggression and will give a decisive response to any attack," Pazhkian stated.
The president said that Washington sought to break the resistance of the Iranian nation, pointing to assassination of the leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, military commanders, scientists, schoolchildren and other civilians.
"Nevertheless, these actions produced the opposite of what the enemy intended, and national unity and internal cohesion increased significantly compared to the pre-war period. ".