Iran FM Asked Point Blank About Trump's Demand That Iran Make Peace After Strikes On Nuclear Sites

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At a press briefing in Istanbul, Turkey, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi responded to President Trump's warning that Iran must make peace after U.S. strikes on nuclear sites.

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00:00Mr. Minister, the U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Iran must now make peace,

00:05otherwise the future attacks, he says, will be far greater and much easier.

00:11So how is Tehran responding to that threat from Washington? Thank you.

00:16I think it's not up to Iran to respond to that.

00:19The whole international community should respond of such a clear threat against the United Nations Charter.

00:26Iran has done nothing wrong.

00:32We do not understand why Iran should be attacked for a false accusation that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons.

00:47It's now more than 20 years that we are trying to prove that our peaceful nuclear program is in fact peaceful.

00:56And would remain peaceful.

01:00We negotiated for a long time with the so-called P5 plus 1.

01:05And we came to a deal which the whole world celebrated as an achievement of diplomacy.

01:12And then it was the U.S. who withdrew from that deal and reimposed their sanctions and restarted their threats.

01:21Again, we were negotiating with the same administration.

01:27Then all of a sudden, they decided to attack us.

01:31First by Israelis, then by themselves.

01:35And now they are threatening us for more attacks.

01:38So it's not up to Iran, but it's up to the international community to condemn this, to prevent this.

01:47Otherwise, there would be nothing left for the international law, for the security at the world level.

01:59Well, the Security Council should play its role, should play its responsibility to prevent, to condemn and prevent these kind of threats.

02:11We will certainly defend our interest.

02:13We will certainly defend our territorial integrity, our sovereignty and our people.

02:18And I'm so glad that our people are now fully understand what injustice they are doing against the Iranian people.

02:29They are united and in solidarity with the government.

02:34And we stand firm against any aggression.

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