Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has condemned the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, saying the mindset behind such attacks remains present in Washington today.

The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, marking the first use of nuclear weapons in warfare.

According to published reports, about 140,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and around 74,000 in Nagasaki. The figures include people who survived the initial explosions but later died from exposure to radiation.

“On this anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – among greatest crimes against humanity – those who reject that horror must also condemn the same mentality in Washington that today threatens to wipe out nations and destroy civilian infrastructure,” he wrote on X on Saturday.

“Never again,” the president asserted.

Pezeshkian was referring to numerous threats by US President Donald Trump against Iran, including bringing Iran “back to the Stone Age” and that “a whole civilization will die” as a result of US assaults.

The latest US-Israeli aggression against Iran began on February 28, when the two allies launched large-scale strikes on Iranian territory, prompting Tehran to unleash daily waves of missiles and drones against US and Israeli assets across the region.

Iran also closed the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy route, in response to the attacks, sharply escalating pressure on the US and its regional partners.

Washington and Tehran later signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 17 in an effort to end the war across all fronts.

However, renewed US military aggression in recent weeks has prompted Iran to resume missile and drone strikes against US assets across the region and close the Strait of Hormuz once again.

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