Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, on Monday brushed off a ceasefire deal proposed by U.S. President Joe Biden to end the Gaza war, saying that the U.S. should instead stop supporting Israel.

Bagheri Kani stated at a news conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut that, if Americans were sincere, they should stop proposing ceasefire plans and instead halt all aid to Israel. He argued that without this support, Israel would lack the resources to perpetrate crimes against Palestinians, leading to the end of the conflict.

He added that if Israel, which is already struggling in Gaza, were rational, it would avoid entangling itself with the formidable Lebanese resistance.