Top Iranian official says Tehran won’t negotiate with U.S., decries Trump’s ‘wishful thinking’

Iran’s top security official on Monday accused President Trump of being “delusional” and said the U.S. leader has betrayed his America First principles to put “Israel first.”

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, also said in a string of strongly worded posts on X that Tehran will not negotiate with the U.S.

“Trump’s wishful thinking has dragged the whole region into an unnecessarily [sic] war, and now he is rightly worried about more American casualties,” he posted.

He said it was “very sad that he is sacrificing American treasure and blood” to advance Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “illegitimate expansionist ambitions.”

Mr. Larijani, 67, was a trusted aide of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader who was killed in the initial strikes ordered by Mr. Trump on Saturday. He played a key role in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. that ultimately failed to reach a deal.

In his posts, Mr. Larijani undercut reports that officials like him were willing to negotiate with the U.S., through Oman, to stop hostilities.

“We will not negotiate with the United States,” he posted. “Iran, unlike the United States, has prepared itself for a long war.”

Mr. Trump ordered joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran early Saturday. He wants to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon and supporting terror groups in the region.

Tehran retaliated Sunday after the military strikes killed Khamenei and other top officials, raising fears of a widening and prolonged conflict. The retaliatory strikes have killed four American service members.

Mr. Trump told The New York Times that U.S. bombardments could last “four or five weeks.”

The president was back in Washington on Monday after monitoring the attacks from his Florida estate over the weekend. He kept a low public profile but updated the nation on the military strikes through media interviews and two lengthy videos posted on social media.