“Tehran’s message for Washington is clear. Return to the international community, return to your commitments, and stop lawlessness, and the international community will accept you,” Saeed Khatibzadeh said at a weekly press conference on Sunday.

Highlighting the US government’s total isolation in its bid to trigger the snapback mechanism of the JCPOA, he said the US is facing “most bitter days and hours”.

The US isolation is a tell-tale sign that its power is flimsy, the spokesman added.

“The US is well aware how hollow, futile and ineffective its claim is,” Khatibi said, referring to Washington’s push to activate the so-called snapback mechanism of the JCPOA, from which it withdrew in 2018.

He also warned that any measure violating Iran’s interests and the international law would be responded seriously, advising the US to stop maritime and aerial banditry.

In remarks on Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the US government is going to suffer another defeat at the UNSC after its recent failure to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran.

He said Washington’s upcoming failure to activate the snapback mechanism of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action would mark another major and historic victory for the Iranian nation.

Last month, 13 countries of the 15-member council rejected the US push to trigger the so-called snapback provision in the 2015 nuclear deal, leaving Washington isolated on the issue.

UNSC Resolution 2231, which enshrined the JCPOA, states that if no council member has put forward a draft resolution to extend sanctions relief on Iran within 10 days of a non-compliance complaint, then the body’s president shall do so within the remaining 20 days.

The document, however, says the Security Council would “take into account the views of the states involved.”

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that all UN sanctions against Iran will be reinstated on September 20 after the US “activated the snapback mechanism.”

However, the claim was strongly condemned by other signatories of the nuclear deal including the EU, Russia and China.

Ayatollah Khamenei on Sunday attended a videoconference with the members of President Hassan Rouhani’s administration on the first day of the National Government Week.

In remarks at the online meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei described the US government as a model of true failure, pointing to the great social inequality in the US and the high number of hungry and homeless people in the US society.

The Leader also called on the Iranian administration to push for a boost to domestic production and avoid the “strategic mistake” of linking the economy to foreign developments.

“The Government Week is an occasion for reporting this year’s governmental services and examining weak and strong points. Speak directly to the people. Tell them about both your achievements and shortcomings, both what you were able to achieve and what you should have done but didn’t,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.

“Try to finish projects the administration promised to do: projects to construct 600,000 homes, projects of the Ministry of Power and Energy, construction of refineries, measures for knowledge-based companies and actions for combating Coronavirus. All should be pursued seriously.

“National production is key to employment, welfare, reducing inflation and increasing the power of national currency. An obstacle to production is unneeded imports such as luxury products. Last year, half a billion dollars were spent to import luxury US mobiles. The government must stop this.”

The Leader further said, “The US model for running society is a failed model. Human values such as health, justice and security are trampled on in the US the most. They admitted in their electoral campaigns that one out of five US children is hungry. Plus, the rate of insecurity and crimes is very high in the US.

“Murder, warmongering and creating insecurity are common actions carried out by the US in Syria, Palestine, and Yemen, and before that in Iraq, Afghanistan and areas such as Vietnam and Hiroshima.”

Ayatollah Khamenei added that the fact that “the US is headed by people who are a source of humiliation for that country is another sign of the defeat of Western models and the decline of Western civilization in the world.”

In a message released on Wednesday on the occasion of the season of Hajj, Ayatollah Khamenei said the Islamic Republic’s firm stance on the ongoing developments in the US and the anti-racism movements is “supporting the people and condemning the racist US government’s brutal behavior.”

The Leader also denounced the American presence in the West Asia region as being detrimental to regional nations and a factor behind insecurity, destruction, and underdevelopment of the countries.

In comments at a provincial meeting in the northern city of Sari, Rahmani Fazli said all countries in the world have come to the conclusion that the US president is untrustworthy, since his administration has reneged not only on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but also on other international treaties.

Iran is interacting with the world within the framework of international laws and mutual respect, he added, ruling out the possibility of talks with the US and its unreliable president.

“The US’ arrogant nature has been proven to the entire world,” the Iranian minister added.

He further stressed that Iran should boost its economic and military capabilities and attain deterrent power in order to increase the bargaining power in the international arena.

Iranian officials have repeatedly rejected the idea of direct negotiations with the US, stressing that Washington must first resume honoring its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and lift the sanctions on Tehran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has ruled out the notion that ‘settlement of Iran’s problems hinges on rapprochement with the US.’

Negotiation with the US will by no means solve Iran’s woes as Washington’s main objective is to hinder Iran’s progress, American officials are liar and deceitful, and, moreover, the US itself is plagued with crises, Imam Khamenei said in 2016.