Iran warns US of consequences after strikes, says Trump betrayed his voters

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the US crossed ‘a precise large reddish line’ by attacking its 3 atomic facilities.

Iran says the United States volition beryllium “solely and afloat liable for the unsafe consequences” of its attacks connected Iranian atomic sites, adding that US President Donald Trump has “betrayed” American voters by submitting to Israel’s wishes.

During an code to a gathering of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) successful Istanbul connected Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the US crossed “a precise large reddish line” by attacking Iran’s 3 atomic facilities.

Speaking conscionable hours aft Trump announced that US warplanes had “obliterated” the atomic sites, Araghchi condemned the strikes and called connected the United Nations Security Council to act.

“It is an outrageous, sedate and unprecedented usurpation of the cardinal principles of the Charter of the United Nations and planetary law,” helium said, adding that the “warmongering and lawless” US medication volition beryllium “solely and afloat liable for the unsafe consequences and far-reaching implications of its enactment of aggression”.

“The US subject onslaught connected the territorial integrity and nationalist sovereignty of a UN subordinate authorities carried retired successful collusion with the genocidal Israeli authorities has erstwhile again revealed the grade of the United States’ hostility towards the peace-seeking radical of Iran. We volition ne'er compromise connected their independency and sovereignty,” helium said.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran continues to support Iran’s territory, sovereignty, and radical by each means indispensable against not conscionable US subject aggression, but besides the reckless and unlawful actions of the Israeli regime.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who escalated the Middle East conflict by launching strikes connected Iran connected June 13, praised Trump’s “bold decision” to deed Iran’s atomic sites, and said Israel and the US acted successful “full coordination”.

After the strikes, Trump said Iran “must present hold to extremity this war” and that nether nary circumstances could Iran person a atomic weapon.

But Araghchi said immoderate request to instrumentality to negotiations connected the country’s atomic programme was “irrelevant”. The US and Iran were engaged successful atomic talks earlier Israel launched a astonishment onslaught connected Iran – publically backed by the US – earlier this month.

Iran denies its uranium enrichment programme is for thing different than civilian purposes, rejecting Israeli allegations that it is secretly processing atomic weapons. Netanyahu has pledged to proceed the attacks for “as galore days arsenic it takes” to halt Iran from processing a “nuclear threat”.

Reporters instrumentality photos of a displayed graphic arsenic US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a quality league astatine the Pentagon successful Washington, DC, the United States, June 22, 2025 [Alex Brandon/AP]

“The satellite indispensable not hide that it was the United States which – successful the midst of a process to forge a diplomatic result – betrayed diplomacy by supporting the genocidal Israeli regime’s motorboat of an amerciable warfare of aggression connected the Iranian nation,” Araghchi said.

“So we were successful diplomacy, but we were attacked. They gave a greenish airy to Israelis, if not instructed them, to onslaught Iran’s atomic facilities. They person proved that they are not men of diplomacy, and they lone recognize the connection of menace and force.”

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth connected Sunday said helium inactive hopes Iran volition instrumentality to the negotiating table.

“I tin lone corroborate that determination are some nationalist and backstage messages being delivered to the Iranians successful aggregate channels, giving them each accidental to travel to the table,” helium told reporters.

Trump besides ‘betrayed’ US voters

Araghchi besides accused Trump of betraying not lone Iran, but his ain supporters arsenic well. He said Trump was elected connected a level of putting an extremity to “America’s costly engagement successful ‘forever wars’”.

“He has betrayed not lone Iran by abusing our committedness to diplomacy, but besides deceived his ain voters by submitting to the wishes of a wanted warfare transgression who has grown accustomed to exploiting the lives and wealthiness of American citizens to further the Israeli regime’s objectives,” said Araghchi, referring to Netanyahu.

Iran says much than 400 radical person been killed and astatine slightest 3,056 others wounded since Israel launched its attacks connected June 13. In Israel, astatine slightest 24 radical person been killed successful Iranian strikes.

Araghchi said helium would caput to Moscow aboriginal connected Sunday and clasp “serious consultations” with Russian President Vladimir Putin connected Monday greeting successful the aftermath of the unprecedented US strikes.

“Russia is simply a person of Iran and we bask a strategical partnership,” helium said successful Istanbul. “We ever consult with each different and coordinate our positions.”

Meanwhile, Iran’s delegation to the UN besides formally called for an exigency gathering of the UN Security Council connected Sunday to sermon the US strikes. In a missive submitted to the assembly carried by Fars News Agency, the Iranian delegation urged “immediate enactment and the adoption of indispensable measures nether the model of the United Nations Charter”.

“Silence successful the look of specified blatant aggression volition plunge the satellite into an unprecedented level of information and chaos,” Araghchi said successful Istanbul. “Humanity has travel excessively acold arsenic a taxon to let a lawless bully to instrumentality america backmost to the instrumentality of the jungle.”

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