The permanent mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York says no Iranian official has demanded a meeting at the White House.
The mission issued a statement on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump claimed that Iran has “reached out” and “wants to negotiate.”
The Iranian mission rejected the claim as a lie, saying that no Iranian official has ever demanded to “kneel down at the gates of the White House.”
“The only thing that is more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threats to eliminate the Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution,” the mission further said, referring to Trump’s threats against Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Trump alleged on Tuesday that he knows where Ayatollah Khamenei is, but the United States will not kill him “for now.”
In its statement, the Iranian mission emphasized that the Islamic Republic will neither negotiate nor accept peace under pressure.
It also said that Iran will respond to threats and actions in a reciprocal manner.
Trump, in recent days, has intensified his rhetoric against Iran amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the country, which began on June 13. He said that Iran “should surrender unconditionally.”
