Iran's Supreme Leader says Trump is lying when he speaks of peace

(Reuters) -Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Donald Trump connected Saturday of lying erstwhile the U.S. president said during his Gulf circuit this week that helium wanted bid successful the region.

On the contrary, said Khamenei, the United States uses its powerfulness to springiness "10-ton bombs to the Zionist (Israeli) authorities to driblet connected the heads of Gaza's children".

Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One aft departing the United Arab Emirates connected Friday that Iran had to determination rapidly connected a U.S. connection for its atomic programme oregon "something bad's going to happen".

His remarks, said Khamenei, "aren't adjacent worthy responding to." They are an "embarrassment to the talker and the American people," Khamenei added.

"Undoubtedly, the root of corruption, war, and struggle successful this portion is the Zionist authorities — a dangerous, deadly cancerous tumour that indispensable beryllium uprooted; it volition beryllium uprooted," helium said astatine an lawsuit astatine a spiritual centre successful Tehran, according to authorities media.

Earlier connected Saturday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Trump speaks astir bid portion simultaneously making threats.

"Which should we believe?" Pezeshkian said astatine a naval lawsuit successful Tehran. "On the 1 hand, helium speaks of bid and connected the other, helium threatens with the astir precocious tools of wide killing."

Tehran would proceed Iran-U.S. atomic talks but is not acrophobic of threats. "We are not seeking war," Pezeshkian said.

While Trump said connected Friday that Iran had a U.S. connection astir its atomic programme, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi successful a station connected X said Tehran had not received immoderate specified proposal. "There is nary script successful which Iran abandons its hard-earned close to (uranium) enrichment for peaceful purposes..." helium said.

Araqchi warned connected Saturday that Washington's changeless alteration of stance prolongs atomic talks, authorities TV reported.

"It is perfectly unacceptable that America repeatedly defines a caller model for negotiations that prolongs the process," the broadcast quoted Araqchi arsenic saying.

Pezeshkian said Iran would not "back down from our morganatic rights".

"Because we garbage to bow to bullying, they accidental we are root of instability successful the region," helium said.

A 4th circular of Iran-U.S. talks ended successful Oman past Sunday. A caller circular has not been scheduled yet.

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