The Iranian foreign minister, speaking in a televised news conference broadcast by Iranian state television, has said that the US “begged” Iran for negotiations, Al Jazeera reports.
He recalled that US President Donald Trump demanded “unconditional surrender” from Iran at the beginning of the war.
“The US President wrote two words [on social media] at the beginning of the war: ‘Unconditional surrender’,” he said.
“That was what they wanted from us and, 20 days later, the same enemy was begging for negotiations,” the top diplomat added.