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Pezeshkian called the US the “aggressor” in the conflict and said Iran \u201chas not attacked any country in 200 years\u201d. (File Photo\/AFP)<\/p>\nIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran will remain resolute and not retreat in the face of the United States and Israel, as US President Donald Trump rejected Iran\u2019s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Pezeshkian called the US the “aggressor” in the conflict and said Iran \u201chas not attacked any country in 200 years\u201d. (File Photo\/AFP)<\/p>\n
Addressing people who had gathered at the airport to welcome him after his return from the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Pezeshkian said, \u201cWe stand firm with strength, we are at the service of our people, we will stand until our last breath, and we promise that as long as we have life in our bodies, we will be honest servants to the people; you have put us to shame, I do not consider myself worthy of your presence, I am your servant.\u201d<\/p>\n
In another assertion, this time from the Iranian Military, the Senior Spokesperson of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said in an interview with Iranian state television that Iran had resolved \u201cto have not the slightest retreat in the face of the enemy and to suppress him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shekarchi said that Iran was \u201cthe most experienced country in the world in asymmetric warfare\u201d and warned the United States against interfering in the management of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Americans should not dream of interfering in the management of the Strait of Hormuz, and if they interfere, they will receive a slap from the Iranian Armed Forces; they must leave our region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He further warned, \u201cAny ship that passes through the Strait of Hormuz outside the route designated by Iran will not have security.\u201d<\/p>\n
General Shekarchi also advised neighbouring Muslim countries, \u201cGet your act together; you’re not getting any warm water from America.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, in an interview with Al Jazeera aired on Saturday (local time), the Iranian President said that Iran no longer trusted negotiations with the United States after previous rounds of talks were followed by “attacks” and sanctions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have no trust in the American side and do not know on what basis an understanding can be reached with it,\u201d Pezeshkian told Al Jazeera.<\/p>\n
Also Read | Iran won’t budge on nuclear program, even if US accepts peace deal: Report<\/a><\/p>\n Pezeshkian and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had earlier visited the US this week for the United Nations gathering of world leaders and proposed a seven-day roadmap aimed at ending the fighting and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Under the proposal, Washington is expected to lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waive sanctions on Iranian oil sales, release an estimated USD 12 billion in frozen Iranian assets and observe a ceasefire covering the region, including Lebanon and Yemen.<\/p>\n In return, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while talks with the US on a final agreement concerning Iran\u2019s nuclear programme would begin on the seventh day. Araghchi had said the initial steps would take four to five days and the waterway would reopen on the sixth day.<\/p>\n Separately, Pezeshkian told Al Jazeera on Saturday (local time) that Qatar and Pakistan were conveying Iran\u2019s messages to Washington. He said the negotiations were based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached by the two sides in June and that the US needed to clarify its position on the agreement, which had lapsed.<\/p>\n