Iran’s international minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday requested Donald Trump to withdraw his “disrespectful and unacceptable” remarks on its supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and requested the US president if he’s “real about wanting a deal.“Additionally Learn | ‘Ugly and ignominious demise’: Trump’s 4-word description of what he saved Iran’s Khamenei from“If President Trump is real about wanting a deal, he ought to put apart the disrespectful and unacceptable tone in the direction of Iran’s Supreme Chief, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and cease hurting his tens of millions of heartfelt followers,” Araghchi posted on X.
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The “deal” he talked about pertains to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, which was on the centre of the latest battle between US ally Israel and Iran – their widespread rival. The hostilities started with Israeli strikes on Iran’s nuclear and navy websites on June 13, forward of recent US-Iran talks over the latter’s nuclear programme.Additionally Learn | ‘We might have taken him out’: Israeli defence minister confirms Khamenei’s elimination was on playing cardsMocking Israel, Araghchi mentioned the Jewish State had “no selection however to run to daddy,’ a reference to Trump, who brokered a peace truce between the Asian rivals a day after america bombed three key Iranian nuclear websites.“The Nice and Highly effective Iranian Folks, who confirmed the world that the Israeli regime had NO CHOICE however to RUN to ‘Daddy’ to keep away from being flattened by our Missiles, don’t take kindly to Threats and Insults. If Illusions result in worse errors, Iran is not going to hesitate to unveil its Actual Capabilities, which will definitely END any Delusion concerning the Energy of Iran,” he wrote on social media.The 12-day warfare ended on June 23, a day after America’s Operation Midnight Hammer, which Iran retaliated to by launching missiles on a US air base in Qatar.