Foreign ministry says "Iranians are not going to be subdued" by Trump's deadlines

Asked Monday about President Trump's repeated deadlines and ultimatums, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei told reporters in Tehran that U.S. officials "have been trying to intimidate Iranians with such literature for 48 years."

"But Iranians are not going to be subdued by such deadlines in defending their country, and these actions merely express the intentions of those who raise them," he said. "We will not allow ourselves the slightest hesitation in responding and defending the country, and our armed forces have shown how they act in the face of aggression."

Baqaei said it was "the duty of the entire international community to stand against this process of normalizing the lawlessness" of U.S. and Israeli threats and actions.

"Iran is not just defending the Iranian nation, it is defending the order based on international law," he said.

He said Iran would not agree to any temporary ceasefire, which he said would only mean "a pause in the war with the aim of re-energizing the aggressors and carrying out further attacks," but added that while the military carried on "fulfilling their duties," Iran's diplomats would continue negotiating for a broader agreement to end the war.

"Our demand is the end of the imposed war, in addition to the assurance that this cycle and these attacks will not be repeated again," he said.