# Iran’s President Calls US Claims on Nuclear Program ‘Lies’ and Labels US, Israel ‘Real Terrorists’

*Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 6:19 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-09-13T06:19:50.221Z (2h ago)
**Category**: geopolitics | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 7/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accuses the United States and Israel of being the “real terrorists” for killings across the region and dismisses U.S. allegations about Iran’s nuclear program as propaganda and lies.

Iran’s president is using stark language to describe the country’s adversaries and its nuclear stance.

President Masoud Pezeshkian has called the United States and Israel “the real terrorists in the world.” He says there is “no difference” between their actions in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Qatar and Iran, accusing them of assassinating “anybody they wish” and then claiming the victims are terrorists. In his words, “they kill people very easily for a single person,” and he describes this as a “weird world.”

On the nuclear issue, Pezeshkian argues that U.S. accusations against Iran are baseless. He says “the U.S. is doing propaganda. It is just propaganda.” According to him, if Iran sought nuclear weapons, it would not have joined the Nuclear Non‑Proliferation Treaty, and current U.S. claims are “alibis and pretexts to attack our soil.” He insists, “It is lies. It is lies.”

Pezeshkian also questions the reliability of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s statements about Iran. He notes that Trump at times talks about destroying Iran and at other moments calls Iran a friend or says he accepts or does not accept the country. Pezeshkian says Iranian officials are unsure which type of statement they should treat as a basis for action.

Addressing regional dynamics, Pezeshkian says, “We are not in war with Saudi Arabia and the Houthis have their own problems,” distancing Iran from direct conflict with Riyadh and from responsibility for the Houthis’ actions.

These remarks frame how Iran presents its position at a time of continued tension with Washington and regional rivals. The next steps to watch are whether Tehran’s nuclear activities, its relationships with armed groups in the region, or its stance toward Gulf security shift in ways that align with the hard line Pezeshkian is voicing, and how the United States and its partners choose to answer that rhetoric.