The Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic of Iran strongly condemns the baseless accusations and irresponsible, shameful claims made by the President of the United States about Iran, delivered on Monday in the Zionist regime’s Knesset in the presence of war criminals responsible for genocide.   The US, as the world's largest producer of terrorism and the supporter of the terrorist and genocidal Zionist regime, lacks any moral authority to accuse others.   The Iranian people deeply honor the eternal hero of Iran and the region, Martyr General Qassem Soleimani, who played an unparalleled role in combating the Daesh terrorism manufactured by the US. They will never forgive or forget the brutal American crime of assassinating this great man and his companions.   The Foreign Ministry emphasizes that repeating false claims about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program can in no way justify the joint crimes of the American and Zionist regimes in violating Iran’s sacred soil and assassinating its brave sons. Boasting about and admitting to such crimes only increases the burden of responsibility on the US and reveals the depth of hostility among American policymakers toward the great people of Iran.   The active complicity of the US in the genocide and warmongering of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine is evident to all. The US must be held accountable for its role in shielding the Zionist regime from consequences, such as obstructing effective action against Israel in the UN Security Council and sabotaging international legal efforts to prosecute Israeli war criminals.   America’s interventionist policies in the region, its support for the occupation and crimes of the genocidal Israeli regime, and its unrestricted arms sales have made it the greatest source of instability and insecurity in the region.   The Foreign Ministry views the US president’s expressed desire for peace and dialogue as contradictory to America’s hostile and criminal behavior toward the Iranian people. How can one claim to seek peace and friendship while simultaneously attacking residential areas and peaceful nuclear facilities, killing over a thousand innocent people, including women and children, in the midst of political negotiations?   Iranians, rooted in a rich cultural and historical heritage, are people of reason, dialogue, and engagement. At the same time, they act with courage and determination in defending Iran’s independence, national dignity, and supreme interests.