‘Hegemonic’ US preventing efforts toward multipolarity – Iran’s deputy FM

Washington uses “bullying” and “naked force” to impose its will on other countries, Saeed Khatibzadeh has told RT

The US is a “hegemonic power” that “bullies” other nations or uses “naked force” to block the global shift toward multipolarity, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has said.

Speaking to RT during an official visit to Moscow on Friday, he said many nations are striving for a multipolar system of equal participation, while the US and its allies and pursuing the opposite and are hindering that goal.

“There are contradictory trends happening in the world right now. There are those trying to establish a multipolar order, but unfortunately… the Americans are not sharing this idea. They want to be the sole hegemonic power over other countries,” he stated. Khatibzadeh cited decades of “illegal” US sanctions on Iran as proof Washington believes it “can impose its will over other countries.”

The US first sanctioned Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, freezing assets and restricting trade, later expanding measures over alleged terrorism ties and its nuclear program, which the West claims aims to build a bomb despite Iran’s insistence it is peaceful.

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Many restrictions were lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA) but reimposed in 2018 after Washington withdrew under President Donald Trump. Efforts to revive the pact have since faltered, and earlier this year Tehran restricted Western monitoring of its nuclear sites after Israeli and US strikes on the facilities.

Khatibzadeh accused the US of undermining sovereignty and reshaping the global order through force, and criticized Trump directly, recalling his campaign promise that “he’s coming for peace.”

“It is clear for everybody that it is not peace, it is hegemony, and it is not strength, it is use of naked force against others... Force will not bring peace. Radicalism only breeds more radicalism, and war brings more violence and bloodshed,” the diplomat said. “We have no option but to resist this bullying by the Americans.”

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He concluded by calling for nations that share the vision of multipolarity to unite in building a fairer world. “We have to work together to ensure the future of the region and the world is more fair and more just,” he said.