Tehran criticizes Carney over response to Trump’s threat against Iran — CNBC
In Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney over his response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks about the possibility of “destroying the Islamic Republic.” This was reported by CNBC Top News.
In a post on social media platform X, Baghaei said that Carney had allegedly chosen “appeasement of Washington,” describing Trump’s remarks as “the language of war.” According to the Iranian diplomat, the Canadian prime minister supported Washington’s position instead of condemning “blatant U.S. aggression and belligerence.”
Carney’s statement
According to CNBC, on Wednesday Carney called Iran “one of the greatest threats in the modern world” and said that the country poses “an existential threat to Israel and its allies.” Responding to a question about Trump’s remarks during his speech at the UN General Assembly, he said that a war is underway and that the U.S. president is speaking the language of war.
During his address to the UN General Assembly, Trump said he had to make a “big decision”: make a deal with Iran or “destroy the Islamic Republic — and do it quickly.”
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Statements by Iranian and U.S. representatives
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, for his part, accused the United States and Israel of destabilizing the global situation. He also accused these countries of unlawful attacks on Iranian civilians and infrastructure.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlined three possible outcomes, in his words, of the Trump administration’s strategy toward Iran: an internal split in the Iranian regime, an uprising by Iranians, or Tehran reaching a deal and adhering to it.
Bessent also said that economic pressure on Iran is intensifying and that the number of international flights from the country has fallen by 80–90%. The day before, he threatened to restrict the operations of Iranian airlines: he promised to limit access to the dollar system for companies that provide them with fuel, ground services, or sell tickets.
