The mayor of Tehran said Tuesday that Iran's war with the United States is not over with the signing of a memorandum of understanding, calling it "a war of existence," according to an Israeli-reported translation. The statement pushes back against U.S. President Trump's declaration last week that the war with Iran is finished.
Tehran Mayor Alireza Zakani said this morning that Iran's conflict with the United States is a 'war of existence' that will not end with the signing of a memorandum of understanding, according to a statement circulated via Israeli channels. The remark directly challenges U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration on Friday that 'the war with Iran is finished' and that Tehran had agreed to permanently forgo nuclear weapons.
Zakani's framing aligns with assessments by Middle East analysts who view the current US-Iran dynamic as an 'ongoing game' with no clear endpoint, as The Zioneer reported last week. The statement also follows a cautious note from Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday, which warned against hasty signing of the MoU with the U.S. due to 'instability' in the other party's statements.
No additional details or official U.S. response have been reported as of this morning. The claim is sourced from a single Israeli-credited relay of the mayor's remarks and has not yet been independently corroborated.
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