Trump dismissed Iran’s response since it wasn’t a ‘letter of surrender’: Official
The United States rejected Iran’s latest peace proposal solely because it was not a “letter of surrender,” a senior Iranian diplomat has said, noting that Washington seeks to impose its will through intimidation and pressure rather than building genuine peace.
“True peace cannot be built with a literature of humiliation, threats, and coercive score-settling,” Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said in a social media post on Wednesday.
Donald Trump, the president of the United States, has dismissed a peace plan to end the illegal war of aggression presented by Tehran on Sunday. He said it was “totally unacceptable.”
“When the party that has directly played a role in the war, siege, sanctions, and threats through brute force rejects Iran’s response solely because it is not a letter of surrender, it becomes clear that the main issue is not peace, but the imposition of political will through the path of threats and pressure,” the Iranian deputy minister said.
Iran’s ‘minimum requirements’
The official reiterated Tehran’s clear principles for any sustainable agreement.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has emphasized clear principles: the permanent cessation of war and its non-repetition, compensation for damages, lifting of the siege, removal of illegal sanctions, and respect for Iran’s rights.”
“These are not maximalist demands; they are the minimum requirements of any serious, sustainable arrangement aligned with the United Nations Charter to end a crisis that began with the unlawful resort to force.”
Contradictions in US approach
Gharibabadi pointed to inconsistencies in Washington’s posture.
“One cannot speak of ceasefire while continuing the siege; talk of diplomacy while intensifying sanctions; or discuss regional stability while providing political and military support to a regime that is the source of aggression and instability.”
“Such an approach is not negotiation; it is the continuation of a policy of coercion with diplomatic verbiage.”
The United States and Israel launched their illegal, unprovoked war of aggression against Iran on February 28. They assassinated Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and struck nuclear facilities, schools and hospitals.
Iran responded with at least 100 waves of decisive retaliatory strikes under Operation True Promise 4.
A Pakistan‑brokered ceasefire has been in place since early April, but a US naval blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect.
Iran has warned it sees the blockade as an extension of the war of aggression and may give a harsh response to it at the proper time.
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