Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 14 (ANI): Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, Representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in India, said that Iran has always been doubtful about the US’ intentions toward negotiation. Ilahi held a conversation with ANI on the sidelines of the Yad-E-Shohada Programme organized at Imambara Jawahar Ali Khan, with participation from the Shia community.
“I don’t know what they want to do because they say that the Strait of Hormuz should be open, and at the same time they are going for a blockade around the Strait of Hormuz. These are paradoxical things,” he said.
Ilahi said that the US wants to arm-twist Iran into accepting its demands.
He said, “Actually, from the beginning, we had doubts about the ceasefire and the intention toward negotiation. They are not people of negotiation. They just want to force whatever they want. By force, they want to get it. From the beginning, we announced that we have doubts about them, but because we wanted to show the world that we are not people of war, we don’t want war, we don’t want any crisis, and we want peace everywhere. Obviously, from the beginning, we knew that they were not coming for negotiation.”
As talks on the Strait of Hormuz stalled, US Vice President JD Vance said in an interview with Fox News on Monday (local time) that Iran was willing to engage in economic terrorism around the world.
Vance said he agreed with US President Donald Trump and added that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
“I 100% agree with US President Donald Trump on the fact that Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. If they’re willing to engage in economic terrorism across the world, what would it mean—what leverage would they have—if they had a nuclear bomb in Tehran?” he said.
Vance said that a positive aspect was that the US and Iran met and discussed their differences.
“I think it was the first time that you’ve ever seen the Iranian government and the US government meet at such a high level, maybe in the history of the current leadership of Iran. So that’s a positive—and again, we did make some progress in the negotiations,” he said.
He added, “What Trump has said is, number one, Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. So all of our red lines flow from that fundamental premise.” (ANI)
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