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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
TEHRAN, June 28 (Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if U.S. President Donald Trump is sincere in his desire to reach an agreement with Tehran, it should abandon its “disrespectful tone” toward Iran’s supreme leader.
The diplomat made the statement in a post on the X social network, condemning the American leader for repeatedly using “disrespectful” language in his remarks about Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“If President Trump really wants to make a deal, he should drop his disrespectful and unacceptable tone towards Iran’s Supreme Leader and stop hurting millions of his sincere followers,” Araqchi said, noting that “goodwill begets goodwill, and respect begets respect.”
“The complexity of the Iranian character and tenacity are well known from our magnificent carpets, woven through countless hours of hard work and patience,” he stressed, adding that, however, “the basic principle of our people is very simple and clear: we know our worth, value our independence and never allow anyone else to decide our destiny.”
Since April, with the assistance of Oman, delegations from Iran and the United States have held five rounds of indirect talks on the issue of Tehran’s nuclear program and the lifting of American sanctions against it.
However, talks were suspended earlier this month after Israel launched airstrikes on Tehran and other parts of the country. –0–