Washington/Tehran, Feb 25 (.) Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Wednesday dismissed US statements on Iran’s ballistic missiles, nuclear programme, and the massive casualties in the wake of the nationwide civil unrest against the regime as totally fabricated, terming it one lie after another.
“Whatever they’re alleging in regard to Iran’s nuclear programme, Iran’s ballistic missiles, and the number of casualties during January’s unrest is simply the repetition of big lies,” Baghaei said on X.
His comments came following statements released by the White House, with US President Donald Trump saying that he is keeping all options on the table regarding Iran, not ruling out a limited war should diplomacy fail, declaring that as one of the central pillars of US policy, Washington will never allow Tehran to obtain a nuclear weapon.
Claiming that Tehran wants to settle things diplomatically, which too would be his preference, he said “we haven’t heard those secret words, ‘We will never build a nuclear weapon.'”
“They have already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases overseas, and they are working to build missiles that will soon reach the United States of America,” he said.
Iranian developments have greatly rattled Washington in recent months, as Iran is well on road to develop its nuclear programme, and rebuild its stockpile of ballistic missiles, following the US airstrikes in June last year. where Trump claimed at the time that the operation had successfully resulted in the “total obliteration” of Iran’s nuclear program.
He further added, that Tehran had been well warned over the summer “to make no future attempts to rebuild” its nuclear weapons program, “yet they continue, starting it all over.”
“We wiped it out and they want to start all over again,” he said, adding Iran is “again pursuing their sinister ambitions.”
Last month, President Donald Trump announced the deployment of a “massive armada” to the Middle East, led by the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. He warned Tehran of potential attacks if it refuses to end its nuclear programme and dismantle its ballistic missile arsenal entirely. Tehran has instead warned of direct retaliation against any foreign armed intervention.
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