Tehran, May 10 -- Iran on Sunday sharply rebuked the United States after President Donald Trump allegedly threatened a possible nuclear strike, with Tehran's foreign ministry calling the remarks a contradiction of Washington's stated desire for peace.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on X that it was a "grotesque absurdity" for the United States to claim it seeks peace and aims to prevent a nuclear crisis while simultaneously warning of overwhelming force by describing as "one big glow." In his post, Baqaei added: "HOWEVER... (just watch Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 1964)," using the reference to mock Washington's nuclear rhetoric.
The remarks come amid he...