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Pezeshkian accuses US of 'diplomacy through threats' and cites Lamerd missile strike

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has accused the US of conducting diplomacy through threats, in a post on X on Wednesday 11 November.

He said the US fought a war it claimed was meant to prevent Iranian nuclear weapons, then used a precision missile in Lamerd for the first time. Gulf News identifies the weapon as a PrSM missile.

"Now they invoke the 'Mother of All Bombs' to do diplomacy through threats"

That wording is as quoted by democrata.es. Both outlets report that Mr Pezeshkian called the US approach a "disgrace" and asked who is threatening global peace and security.

His account of a first US strike of this kind at Lamerd, and of US references to the 'Mother of All Bombs', has not been independently confirmed.

Separately, Mehr News reports that Mr Pezeshkian said US and Israeli "war crimes" had backfired at their polls, according to Gulf News.

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