Iran “will not negotiate with the United States,” Ali Larijani, the powerful head of Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Monday.
In a post on X, Larijani denied media reports that Iranian officials had sought to initiate talks with the Trump administration following a wave of US-Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend, which came after Tehran and Washington held nuclear negotiations.
Larijani said that US leader Donald Trump’s “delusional fantasies” have plunged the Middle East into chaos, the powerful head of Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Monday.
“Trump plunged the region into chaos with his ‘delusional fantasies’ and now fears more American troop casualties,” Larijani wrote on X.
Meanwhile, Loud explosions were heard across Gulf cities on Monday as Tehran carried out strikes against countries in the region that host us bases for the third day in response to us-Israeli air raids.
AFP reporters and witnesses said they heard several loud blasts in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Manama and Kuwait City.
Iran’s continued and unprecedented bombardment of the Gulf has rattled a region long seen as a haven of peace and security in the turbulent middle east.
Bahrain’s interior ministry said Iranian strikes killed one person, the island nation’s first fatality since the start of Tehran’s campaign, bringing the total number of deaths across the Gulf to five since Saturday.
Falling debris from an intercepted missile sparked a fire on a foreign ship in the port city of Salman, the Bahraini ministry said, killing one worker and seriously injuring two others.
Since Saturday, across the Gulf , civilian infrastructure has been hit, from airports and seaports to residential buildings and hotels.
Written with agency reports
