Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani on Monday said that the country will not negotiate with the United States.
Ali Larijani, the powerful head of Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council on X denied claims that he was seeking to return to the negotiating table with the United States.
The United States and Israel on Saturday morning launched joint attacks on Iran’s capital of Tehran and several other cities.
The attack killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with several others, including some of the leader’s family members, high-ranking military commanders and civilians.
In a separate post, Larijani said U.S. President Donald Trump had plunged the region into chaos with his “false hopes” and was now worried about more casualties among U.S. forces.
“With his delusional actions, Trump turned his self-made slogan of ‘America First’ into ‘Israel First’ and sacrificed U.S. soldiers for Israel’s power-seeking,” Larijani said.
“Today, the Iranian nation is defending itself. Iran’s armed forces did not initiate the invasion,” he added.
In response to the Israeli-U.S. attacks, Iran has launched several waves of missile and drone attacks against Israel and U.S. bases in the region.
The U.S. Central Command said on Sunday that three U.S. service members were killed, and five others seriously wounded during its military operation against Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump says the current armed conflict with Iran could run four weeks.
“From the outset, it was assumed that it would take about four weeks,” Trump said in a telephone interview with the British newspaper Daily Mail on Sunday.
“It’s a big country; it’ll take four weeks – or less,” the U.S. president explained.
Three U.S. soldiers have been killed and five others seriously injured in the U.S. military operation against Iran.
Iran’s counterattacks have hit U.S. military bases in the Gulf region and other targets.
Trump praised the soldiers who were killed as “great people.”
“And, you know, we expect that to happen, unfortunately. Could happen continuously – it could happen again,” he added.
Eyal Zamir, the chief of staff of the Israeli military, gave a similar assessment late on Sunday, saying that Israel recorded “significant achievements” in Iran over the first 48 hours, but “many more days of fighting lie ahead.”
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The Iranian Red Crescent said on Monday that the death toll from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran since Saturday has risen to 555.
The joint attacks targeted 131 residential areas across Iran, it added in a statement cited by the Fars News Agency.
The statement confirmed that the attacks claimed 555 lives but did not provide statistics on the number of injured.
The last casualty count announced by the Iranian Red Crescent on Saturday was 201 dead and 747 injured.
A joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign launched against Iran on Saturday has killed several senior Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In response, Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, U.S. assets and Gulf countries
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani on Monday stressed that the country will not negotiate with the United States.
Larijani made the remarks in a post on X in response to a Wall Street Journal report, claiming that he was seeking to return to the negotiating table with the United States.
The United States and Israel on Saturday morning launched joint attacks on Iran’s capital of Tehran and several other cities.
The attack killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, along with several others, including some of the leader’s family members, high-ranking military commanders and civilians.
In a separate post, Larijani said U.S. President Donald Trump had plunged the region into chaos with his “false hopes” and was now worried about more casualties among U.S. forces.
“With his delusional actions, Trump turned his self-made slogan of ‘America First’ into ‘Israel First’ and sacrificed U.S. soldiers for Israel’s power-seeking,” Larijani said.
“Today, the Iranian nation is defending itself. Iran’s armed forces did not initiate the invasion,” he added.
In response to the Israeli-U.S. attacks, Iran has launched several waves of missile and drone attacks against Israel and U.S. bases in the region.
The U.S. Central Command said on Sunday that three U.S. service members were killed, and five others seriously wounded during its military operation against Iran.
U.S. President Donald Trump says the current armed conflict with Iran could run four weeks.
“From the outset, it was assumed that it would take about four weeks,” Trump said in a telephone interview with the British newspaper Daily Mail on Sun
The Iranian Red Crescent said on Monday that the death toll from U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran since Saturday has risen to 555.
The joint attacks targeted 131 residential areas across Iran, it added in a statement cited by the Fars News Agency.
The statement confirmed that the attacks claimed 555 lives but did not provide statistics on the number of injured.
The last casualty count announced by the Iranian Red Crescent on Saturday was 201 dead and 747 injured.
A joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign launched against Iran on Saturday has killed several senior Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In response, Tehran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, U.S. assets and Gulf countries.
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