Iran Fires Back at ‘Warmonger’ Trump’s Claim Tehran Officials Wanted to Visit White House for Talks

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Iran has fired back at President Donald Trump after the commander-in-chief claimed Iranian officials wanted to visit him in D.C. for nuclear talks, calling him a “warmonger clinging to relevance.”

Trump said Wednesday that Iranian officials offered to visit the White House to negotiate a nuclear deal, but added that time may be running out amid the regime’s war with Israel.

But Iranian officials, posting to the country’s UN mission X account, accused Trump of spewing lies, saying: “No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House.”

The post also addressed Trump’s warning that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “is an easy target.”

“The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to ‘take out’ Iran’s Supreme Leader,” the post read.

The statement went on: “Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance. Iran shall respond to any threat with a counter-threat, and to any action with reciprocal measures.”