Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has sharply rebuked US President Donald Trump’s recent comments made during his visit to Saudi Arabia, accusing the US leader of hypocrisy and blaming him for regional instability.
Speaking in Kermanshah on Thursday, Pezeshkian called Trump “naive for thinking he can come to our region, threaten us, and hope that we back down against his demands,” according to Iranian media.
“We will never negotiate our dignity. This is in the blood of every Iranian,” he added.
The Iranian president was responding to Trump’s remarks in Riyadh, where he criticized Iran’s leadership for mismanagement, environmental degradation, and funding terrorism.
Trump accused Iran’s rulers of turning “green farmland into desert” and using public wealth to “support terror and bloodshed.”
Pezeshkian dismissed the criticism and said Iranians would rebuild their country and region without foreign intervention. “The one who speaks of peace has brought destruction to our region,” he said, referring to Trump.
He denounced US sanctions and human rights accusations, saying, “Trump, you impose sanctions and then lecture us on human rights. All the unrest and crimes in the region are your doing.”
“You call us dangerous, but you carry out genocide in front of the world,” he said.
