Iran prepared if Trump seeks escalation: Foreign minister

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that if U.S. President Donald Trump “seeks escalation” in the weeklong conflict between the two countries, “it is precisely what our Powerful Armed Forces have long been prepared for, and what he will get.” In a statement posted to X, Araghchi said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had “expressed openness to de-escalation” in the Middle East on the condition that the United States not attack Iranians from neighboring countries. However, that feeling “was almost immediately killed by President Trump’s misinterpretation of our capabil

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Saturday that if U.S. President Donald Trump “seeks escalation” in the weeklong conflict between the two countries, “it is precisely what our Powerful Armed Forces have long been prepared for, and what he will get.” In a statement posted to X, Araghchi said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had “expressed openness to de-escalation” in the Middle East on the condition that the United States not attack Iranians from neighboring countries. However, that feeling “was almost immediately killed by President Trump’s misinterpretation of our capabil