Iranian Nation Not to Be Bullied by Language of Threat: FM Zarif
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said US President Donald Trump would soon come to realize that he, like his predecessors, will never be able to intimidate the Iranian nation using "threats" and "profanity".
“Allegations, threats and profanity will never intimidate Iranians. Trump will eventually discover this; as every predecessor did,” Zarif said in a message posted on his official Twitter account after Trump officially announced on Friday that he would not certify Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
“Everyone knew Trump’s friendship was for sale to the highest bidder. We now know that his geography is too,” Zarif said in a follow-up message, apparently referring to Trump’s using of the "Arabian Gulf” instead of the Persian Gulf in his speech.
Following Trump’s speech, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the Riyadh regime backs Trump's “firm strategy” on Iran.
“The kingdom backs and welcomes the firm strategy on Iran and its aggressive policy that was announced by US President Donald Trump,” it said in a statement.
Trump called Iran a “rogue” state and repeated Washington’s allegations that Tehran sponsors terrorism and continues “aggression in the Middle East and all around the world.”
In another Tweet, Zarif denounced Trump’s hostile rhetoric against Iran, saying, “For the definition of rogue, compare Trump’s words with President Rouhani’s response.”
Speaking from the White House on Friday, Trump said he will choose not to certify that Tehran is complying with the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
He said that the new policy is aimed at preventing what he claimed Iran’s effort to obtain a nuclear weapon.
