Tehran says Trump’s peace offering to Iran at ‘odds’ with US actions
Iran says President Trump’s call for a peace deal with Tehran is inconsistent with Washington’s actions, referring to its strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in June.
“The desire for peace and dialogue expressed by the US president is at odds with the hostile and criminal behaviour of the United States towards the Iranian people,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
During a Monday speech at the Israeli Knesset, Trump said he wanted a peace deal with Iran and that the ball was in Tehran’s court for any agreement to come to pass.
“How can one attack the residential areas and nuclear facilities of a country in the midst of political negotiations, kill more than 1,000 people, including innocent women and children, and then demand peace and friendship?” the Foreign Ministry said.
Tensions escalated in June, when Israel launched a 12-day war on Iran, with Israeli and US forces striking several nuclear facilities.
Trump cannot be both ‘President of Peace’ and ‘President of War’: Araghchi
Following Trump’s call for dialogue on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the US president can “either be a President of Peace or a President of War, but he cannot be both at the same time”.
“One can hardly be branded as President of Peace while provoking endless wars and aligning with war criminals,” he posted on X.
In June, the US joined Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities after five rounds of indirect nuclear talks with Tehran.
Araghchi said the US president has been misled regarding Iran’s nuclear programme.
“It is more than clear by now that POTUS has been badly fed the fake line that Iran’s peaceful nuclear program was on the verge of weaponisation this spring,” the foreign minister said. “That is simply a big lie and he should have been informed that there is zero proof of that, as confirmed by his own intelligence community.”
Araghchi also called Israel “the real bully of the Middle East”, and that it “has long been bullying and milking the United States”.
It is more than clear by now that POTUS has been badly fed the fake line that Iran’s peaceful nuclear program was on the verge of weaponization this spring. That is simply a BIG LIE and he should have been informed that there is zero proof of that, as confirmed by his own…
— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) October 14, 2025
Iran convicts two French nationals of espionage linked to Israel
Iran’s judiciary says two French nationals have been handed lengthy prison terms after being convicted on multiple charges, including spying for Israel.
According to the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, the pair were found guilty of “spying for the French intelligence”, “association to commit a crime against national security” and “intelligence cooperation with the Zionist regime”.
Their names have not been made public.
