We are waiting for them—Iran Official: Ground Troops Will Be ‘Big Disaster’ for US
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi, File)
The The White House has not ruled out the possibility of deploying U.S. ground troops to Iran, and Iran’s foreign minister says he expects that could happen.
In an interview with Tom Llamas of NBC News, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is prepared if American soldiers are sent. When asked whether Iran feared such a move, Araghchi responded, “No, we are waiting for them—because we are confident that we can confront them, and that would be a big disaster for them.”
The full interview is scheduled to air Thursday on NBC Nightly News at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
Araghchi also dismissed the idea of new negotiations with Washington, saying previous diplomatic efforts had produced no positive results. “The fact is that we don’t have any positive experience of negotiating with the United States,” he said. “Especially with this administration. We negotiated twice last year and this year, and then in the middle of negotiations, they attacked us.”
Donald Trump has not ruled out the use of ground troops, keeping the option available as the conflict unfolds. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reiterated that position Wednesday, according to Fox News.
“They’re not part of the plan for this operation at this time, but I certainly will never take away military options on behalf of the president of the United States or the commander in chief, and he wisely does not do the same for himself,” Leavitt said.
Araghchi’s remarks come as the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran entered its sixth day. Hopes for a quick resolution are fading, according to analysis by Luke Broadwater published in The New York Times.
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