‘Disrespectful’: Iran condemns Trump’s Khamenei remarks; asks US president if he is ‘real about a deal’

Donald Trump; Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran’s overseas 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 is “genuine about wanting a deal.“Also Read | ‘Ugly and ignominious demise’: Trump’s 4-word description of what he saved Iran’s Khamenei from“If President Trump is genuine about wanting a deal, he should put aside the disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran’s Supreme Leader, Grand Ayatollah Khamenei, and stop hurting his 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 army websites on June 13, forward of recent US-Iran talks over the latter’s nuclear programme.Also Read | ‘We would have taken him out’: Israeli defence minister confirms Khamenei’s elimination was on playing cardsMocking Israel, Araghchi stated the Jewish State had “no choice but to run to daddy,’ a reference to Trump, who brokered a peace truce between the Asian rivals a day after the United States bombed three key Iranian nuclear sites.“The Great and Powerful Iranian People, 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 won’t hesitate to unveil its Real Capabilities, which will definitely END any Delusion about the Power of Iran,” he wrote on social media.The 12-day war 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.