Iran added that, with President Trump’s “crazy actions, he has changed his own slogan of ‘America First’ into ‘Israel First’.”
By Kehinde Okeowo
Iran’s top national security official and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, has said his country has no plan to negotiate with the United States of America, despite the devastating airstrikes that killed several of its leaders.
He made this known recently in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) while responding to media reports suggesting that Iran had contacted the US through intermediaries to restart talks.
The US and Israel on Saturday killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after his home in Iran was hit by missiles.
Khamenei died alongside his daughter, grandchild, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law, who were also killed in the strike.
He was not the only Iranian leader to die following the deadly bombardment; a top advisor to Khamenei and the head of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, General Mohammad Pakpour, as well as former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and others, were also killed.
Speaking on the attack, Larijani, who is one of the country’s most influential figures, said that US President Donald Trump has “caused chaos in the region with his ‘false hopes’ and is now concerned about more American soldiers getting hurt.”
He added, “With his crazy actions, he has changed his own slogan of ‘America First’ into ‘Israel First’ and is willing to send American soldiers to support Israel’s search for power.”
Larijani, who was also a senior advisor to the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated that Iranian forces “did not start the invasion.”
