Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghai said in a post on the X account on Friday that President Trump’s public admission that he was “largely responsible” for the attack on Israel leaves no doubt that the United States is “actively involved” in the “illegal” act of aggression.
“This confession provides irrefutable evidence of the direct involvement and active complicity of the United States in Israel’s unprovoked aggression against Iran,” Baggaei said, according to Press TV.
He also recalled that at the beginning of the war, American officials denied any role in the Israeli attack. “On June 13, 2025, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that Washington was not involved in a war,” he said, referring to Rubio’s statement at the time that the attack was a “unilateral action” by Israel and that the United States was “not involved in an attack against Iran.”
“Of course, that statement was a blatant lie. It was clear from the beginning that the United States was fully participating in Israel’s crime of aggression against the Iranian state,” Baghai added.
An Iranian spokesperson said Trump’s comments amounted to a “clear admission of U.S. responsibility for illegal acts and serious violations of international law.”
He called on the international community to hold the U.S. government accountable for its “serious violations and heinous mistakes.”
On June 13, Israel launched an unprovoked war against Iran, assassinating numerous senior military commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians.
More than a week later, the United States also entered the war by bombing three Iranian nuclear facilities, in serious violation of the United Nations Charter, international law, and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
On June 24, Iran successfully thwarted an illegal attack through successful retaliatory operations against both the Israeli regime and the United States.
Speaking at the White House on Thursday night, President Trump appeared to take full responsibility for what Washington had previously called Israel’s exclusive actions.
“Israel attacked first. That attack was very powerful. I was in charge of it,” he said.
Since the invasion, President Trump has repeatedly taken credit for the outcome, claiming that the United States had “completely eliminated” Iran’s nuclear program. His comments Thursday went further, suggesting he had been plotting the war all along.
Trump has long campaigned as a “peace” candidate, arguing that he opposes starting new wars.
At the time, Secretary Rubio said, “Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in any attack against Iran, and our first priority is to protect U.S. forces in the region.”
MNA