WANA (Dec 24) – Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York said the United States cannot claim to support diplomacy and negotiations while simultaneously demanding “zero enrichment” and issuing ultimatums, arguing that Washington’s real objective is Iran’s surrender rather than a negotiated agreement.

 

In a post on the social media platform X, the Iranian mission reacted to remarks made by the U.S. representative during Tuesday’s UN Security Council meeting on Iran.

 

“How touching to hear lectures on ‘diplomacy’ from a party that openly acknowledges its leading role in enabling and coordinating the Israeli regime’s war against Iran,” the statement said.

 

It added that “zero enrichment, ultimatums, and coercion wrapped in diplomatic vocabulary do not constitute negotiations; they merely confirm that the objective is capitulation, not agreement.”

 

The mission concluded by stressing that “Iran’s position is anchored in the rule of law, not the rule of power.”