Iran's Khamenei Calls U.S. Top Enemy After Trump Speech

Source: Newsweek Magazine




IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER CALLS U.S. 'NUMBER ONE ENEMY' AND SAYS TRUMP WON'T BULLY HIM ON NUCLEAR DEAL

BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 11/2/17 AT 11:58 AM

Iran's supreme leader blasted President Donald Trump's harsh condemnation of his country last month, and emphasized his commitment to resisting U.S. attempts to renegotiate a multilateral nuclear treaty and to defending his country's reputation from accusations by Washington.

Even though the International Atomic Energy Agency, other leading world powers included in the Iran nuclear deal and Trump's own State Department have repeatedly found Iran to be in compliance with the terms of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Trump announced last month he would decertify the treaty, calling Iran a "fanatical regime" that funded terrorism abroad. A number of Iranian officials have responded to Trump's controversial move with outrage, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's top authority, attacked the U.S. president for aiming his rhetoric at Iran as a whole, rather than just its leadership.

"Such foolish words reveal that the Americans are not only an enemy to the leadership and government of Iran, but they are hostile to the very existence of a tireless nation that has for decades stood against them," Khamenei told a group of students Thursday, according to Iran's semi-official Mehr News Agency.

"America is the number one enemy of our nation," he added in comments translated by Reuters. "We will never accept their bullying over the nuclear deal."


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