‘We should ask Pakistanis': Owaisi mocks Trump pitch for Nobel Peace Prize after US bombs Iran
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has come down heavily on Pakistan for recommending US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, shortly after Washington launched strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The AIMIM chief said the same leader Pakistan lauded for his 'diplomatic intervention' in the India-Pakistan conflict had now ordered airstrikes on nuclear sites in Fordow, Isfahan, and Natanz — a move the five-time MP condemned as a violation of international law and the UN Charter.
'We should ask Pakistanis if they want Trump to win a Nobel Peace Prize for this. They had urged for a peace prize for him,' Owaisi said, referring to Trump's announcement of the strikes. He also pointed out the irony of Israel, a country with an undeclared stockpile of 700-800 nuclear warheads, escaping scrutiny under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
VIDEO | AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) on US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities says, 'The strikes carried out this morning by the US on 3–4 nuclear sites in Iran are a violation of international law, and even of the US Constitution itself."
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— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 22, 2025
Trump had earlier claimed credit for de-escalating tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad, the Indian government has categorically and repeatedly denied any foreign intervention. That didn't stop Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar from recommending Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, in a letter to the committee in Norway.
Owaisi warned that the US strikes could spark a dangerous arms race in the Middle East. According to Owaisi, even if Iran begins enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels, it would take years and cannot be stopped militarily.
Pakistan issued its own condemnation of the US strikes. The country's Foreign Office said the attacks violated international norms and could dangerously escalate tensions. 'Pakistan condemns the US attacks on the nuclear facilities of Iran, which follow a series of strikes by Israel. We are gravely concerned about the possibility of further escalation in the region,' it said in a statement.
The ministry also called for restraint, protection of civilian lives and infrastructure, and immediate de-escalation. 'Dialogue and diplomacy, in line with the UN Charter, remain the only viable solution,' the statement read.
Trump's order marks a dramatic reversal from his long-standing anti-war rhetoric. 'Great nations do not fight endless wars,' he had famously declared during his 2019 State of the Union address, citing it as the cornerstone of his foreign policy vision. Sunday's strikes suggest otherwise and represent what analysts see as a concrete display of Washington's 'iron-clad' backing for Israel.
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