Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi has justified Tehran’s latest moves as defensive, saying that “this war was imposed on us” by the US and Israel, Al Jazeera reports.

In a fiery interview with France 24, the diplomat said, “We were negotiating in good faith,” before the US changed its tune.

“We do not trust the Americans,” he said. “Not only did they betray us, but they betrayed diplomacy.”