Rabiei made the remarks in response to Trump, who recently told his supporters at a campaign fundraiser that he would reach a deal with Iran “within four weeks” if he is re-elected in November’s election, Press TV reported.

The official dismissed Trump’s claims as a mere ploy to draw more votes, adding that the US president, if re-elected, “will not succeed in striking an agreement as long as he continues the policy of pressure against Iran.”

“Mr. Trump had four years’ time to start successful diplomacy with Iran by choosing the right, agreed upon and legal path. Not only did he fail to do so, but he also made the worst mistakes of America in decades,” Rabiei said.

America’s Iran policy took a highly belligerent turn under Trump, who has overseen a campaign of “maximum” economic pressure accompanied by military provocations.

The US unleashed the “toughest ever” sanctions against Iran in 2018, when the Trump administration scrapped the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Trump also pushed Tehran and Washington to the brink of an all-out war by ordering the assassination of Iran’s Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani while the top commander was on an official visit to Iraq in January.

Rabiei further said Iran stands ready to keep up “maximum resistance” for as long as necessary if the US refuses to stop its hostilities.

The spokesman was also asked about the recent US push to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire on October 18. The lifting of the ban is part of the JCPOA, which was endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231.

Rabiei warned that the US is exploiting the UNSC mechanism to undermine multilateralism and international institutions.

He voiced Iran’s readiness to “deliver a proportionate and decisive response to any provocative and illegal action. Any resolution in violation of UNSC Resolution 2231 is unacceptable and is a mockery of international law,” he said.

The spokesman further emphasized that Washington had forfeited its right to have a say in the JCPOA.

“The US has withdrawn from the JCPOA and has no right either to the text of the agreement or the UNSC Resolution until it fully returns to it and fulfills all its obligations,” he pointed out.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will not be a spectator of America’s provocations,” Rabiei said while reacting to the US warplanes’ fly-by of an Iranian civilian airliner over Syria on July 23, IRNA reported.

Noting that Iran has sent a report and a complaint to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) about the US fighter jets’ dangerous maneuvering close to Mahan Air’s Flight 1152, Rabiei said ”Tehran is simultaneously examining all other legal options.”

Two US F-15 warplanes conducted a dangerous maneuvering close to the Iranian airliner en route to Beirut. The incident took place over Syria’s al-Tanf region, where the US has a military base.

The airliner’s pilot had to swiftly lower the altitude to avoid a collision with the American warplanes.

The sudden swerve led to the injuries of some of the passengers and left them panicked. The flight, however, landed safely in the Lebanese capital and the wounded were taken to hospital.

“The US is not committed to the aviation laws and regulations,” Rabiei said noting that the responsibility of any upcoming incident that will endanger the lives of civilians of the passenger planes will fall on US and the Americans should be waiting for the consequences.

The US government has long been unable to hear the viewpoints of American experts and failed to realize Iran’s realities, Rabiei further noted.

He said though the US maximum pressure policy has failed, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continues to provide false information to the US president.

“Pompeo is determined to deceive his boss and this is what John Bolton had been doing for one year,” Rabiei said.

Noting that Iran does not care about policies of the US political parties or its domestic policies, Rabiei said Iran considers US as a state that has international responsibilities.

“Washington must comply with its obligations and behave like a member of the international community,” Rabiei stressed.

Commenting on the act of US fighter jets in harassing an Iranian airliner over Syria on Thursday night (July 23), Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said the move was against international aviation regulations.

Two US fighters carried out dangerous maneuvering near Mahan Air’s Flight 1152 with 163 passengers and crew on board en route to Beirut. The US warplanes embarrassing move put the lives of the civilian passengers in danger and terrified them. The airliner’s pilot reportedly reduced flight altitude to avoid colliding with the warplanes which have led to several injuries among passengers.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) which oversees American troops in the Middle East, has later claimed that the two fighters were on their routine mission near the al-Tanf military base and just conducted “a standard visual inspection of a Mahan Air passenger airliner at a safe distance of approximately 1,000 meters from the airliner.”

Referring to CENTCOM’s claim as “ridiculous,” the spokesman said, the movie was the outcome of many cases of violation of laws.

“The presence of US troops in Syria is illegal, and so is the mission of its fighter jets. More importantly, no one has allowed the US to inspect civilian airliners with its fighter jets. This is illegal and dangerous and endangers the lives of civilians especially given the fact that despite claims, no safe distance was being observed,” Mehr News Agency (MNA) quoted Mousavi as saying.

Video footage of the inside of the Iranian airliner broadcast by the Iranian state TV showed a passenger lying immobile on the floor and another with a wounded nose and forehead, presenting his bloodied face mask to the camera.

Several passengers, some seen screaming and shouting, were injured in the flight maneuver over Syria.

Mosavi said that Tehran will pursue this US action through international bodies, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in particular, and will not let America undermine international laws with its bullying behavior.

He further warned against any case of “new adventurism by the US or the Israeli regime in the region,” stressing that stability of West Asia should not turn into an instrument for election campaigns of the US.

Earlier on Friday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted “The US illegally occupies the territory of another State and then harasses a scheduled civil airliner—endangering innocent civilian passengers—ostensibly to protect its occupation forces. Audacity to compound lawlessness upon lawlessness. These outlaws must be stopped before the disaster.”

Commenting on the incident, Iran’s Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami said on July 24 that Tehran lodged a formal complaint with the ICAO, describing Thursday’s incident as a “terrorist act, one of aggression”.

Asked about the consequences of Europeans’ possible cooperation with the United States overextension of Iran arms embargo, Rabiei said that all the European countries know that the policy of appeasement of the US is a failed policy because the US demands know no boundaries, IRNA reported.

“We expect the Europeans not to continue this policy. By doing so, they are endangering the JCPOA and international peace, and further undermining Europe’s credibility as an independent actor”, he said.

He stressed that the Islamic Republic is concerned about the stance taken by the three European countries (Britain, Germany, and France) in the recent United Nations Security Council meeting on the issue of Iran arms embargo.

The United States has formally asked the 15-member Security Council to extend the UN embargo, which is set to expire on October 18 under the UN Security Council Resolution 2231, which enshrined the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

On June 30, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for the arms embargo on Iran to be extended indefinitely, but his appeal fell flat at the United Nations Security Council, where Russia and China rejected it outright and close allies of the US were ambivalent.

Earlier, three European signatories to the Iran nuclear deal — Britain, France, and Germany – had expressed concern about lifting of Iran arms embargo.

“We recall that the EU embargoes on conventional arms exports and missile technology will remain in force until 2023,” they said.

Russia and China have said they oppose the US move and have questioned Washington’s right to use a disputed legal move to force a return of UN sanctions on Iran.

“Having quit the JCPOA, the US is no longer a participant and has no right to trigger a snapback at the Security Council,” Chinese envoy Zhang Jun told the Security Council session.

The US unilaterally pulled out of the nuclear agreement in May 2018 and illegally reimposed sanctions as part of what it calls a “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran.

Washington has claimed that it can trigger a “snapback” mechanism on UN sanctions and the arms embargo because it is still a signatory to the agreement in 2015.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Security Council the removal of arms restrictions was “an inseparable part” of the nuclear deal.

“Any attempt to change or amend the agreed timetable is thus tantamount to undermining Resolution 2231 in its entirety,” he said.