On April 23 local time, Iranian President Pezeshkian wrote in a post: "The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes dialogue and agreements, and will continue to do so. Violating commitments, blockades, and threats are the real obstacles to genuine negotiations. The world has seen through your endless hypocrisy and the contradictions between your words and actions."

This statement by Iranian President Pezeshkian comes against the backdrop of escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and a stalled negotiation process, serving as a "strategic offensive-defensive" political declaration aimed at the international community. Its core strategy lies in projecting an image of goodwill toward dialogue, thereby shifting all blame for failed negotiations onto the United States, securing moral high ground in global public opinion, and justifying Iran’s subsequent hardline countermeasures.

Against the backdrop of global concern over potential escalation, this move seeks to shape Iran’s image as a rational, restrained, and responsible nation willing to resolve issues peacefully—particularly appealing to key players such as Europe, China, and Russia.

This posture of "welcoming dialogue" is, in fact, a diplomatic trap set for the United States. If the U.S. refuses to engage or continues its pressure tactics, Iran can easily attribute the deadlock to American intransigence, demonstrating that it was forced into taking tough measures.

This brief tweet directly targets Trump’s weakness: the Trump administration is notorious for its unpredictability—declaring a ceasefire one day, then imposing new sanctions the next. Pezeshkian’s accusation precisely captures this inconsistency, portraying the U.S. as an unreliable, untrustworthy partner. This not only criticizes Iran but also resonates with widespread international frustration toward America’s unilateralist behavior.

In short, Pezeshkian’s statement represents a classic diplomatic maneuver of "retreating to advance." On the surface, it calls for peace, but in reality, it is a sharply worded political manifesto. Given Iran’s clear stance that it will not surrender its enriched uranium and its deepening cooperation with China and Russia to counter U.S. hegemony, this rhetoric paves the way for future firm actions—and signals that U.S.-Iran confrontation is unlikely to ease in the near term.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1863212505975808/

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