At a ceremony attended by Iranian diplomats, Rouhani had asserted that his country was not seeking to start hostilities with the US, but it would not shy away from a fight, some media reported.Rouhani had said that dealing with the US does not mean surrendering and putting an end to Iran’s achievements, and called Trump a liar
In May, Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 multilateral nuclear agreement with Iran and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran, which will come into force in August.
Trump has criticized the earlier pact and demanded a more aggressive one which restricts the Iranian ballistic missile program.
The 2015 nuclear agreement, signed by Iran and the P5+1 Group comprising the US, Russia, China, the UK, France and Germany, limits Tehran’s nuclear energy program in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions, but its future is unsure after Washington’s measures.
