ISLAMABAD: Iran’s foreign ministry has criticised the United States for “meddlesome and deceptive remarks” about its internal situation, saying the comments are a clear indication of the continuation of Washington’s hostility towards the Iranian nation.
“Such stances are adopted [by the US] not out of concern for the Iranian people, but in line with the policy of maximum pressure, threats and interference in Iran’s internal affairs, with the aim of inciting violence and terrorism and creating unrest and insecurity in Iran,” the Iran Embassy in Islamabad cited the Iranian foreign ministry in response to US President Donald Trump’s warning to Iran’s authorities against “killing peaceful protesters”.
“If Iran shots (sic) and violently kills peaceful protesters..., the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Around eight people are reported to have been killed in Iran after almost a week of mass protests sparked by worsening economic conditions.
In the statement, the Iranian foreign ministry said: “Iran, in accordance with the principles enshrined in its Constitution, recognises peaceful protests and spares no effort to address the legitimate demands of the people within the framework of the law.”
It stressed the importance of adopting the necessary measures to reduce economic difficulties and insisted that a large part of those problems stemmed from the all-out economic and financial war waged by the US against Iran through illegal and unjust sanctions.
The Iranian foreign ministry urged the UN and other international institutions to safeguard the fundamental principles of international law, particularly respect for the national sovereignty of states and the avoidance of destructive interference in the internal affairs of independent countries.
It also stressed the need for the international community to pay serious attention to the “illegal and inhumane” nature of the US’s unilateral coercive measures and economic sanctions against the Iranian nation, saying those sanctions directly targeted the human rights, livelihoods and lives of Iranians and constituted a clear instance of a crime against humanity.
“The great nation of Iran, as it has repeatedly demonstrated throughout its turbulent history, will confront malicious foreign interventions with vigilance, reliance on its authentic Iranian-Islamic heritage and the strengthening of national cohesion and will not allow the deceptive policies and hostile conduct of the US to undermine Iran’s sovereignty, independence and dignity,” it emphasised.
