Iran’s Supreme Leader has warned ‘America can’t do a damn thing’ as politicians burned a US flag in parliament in the wake of Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. Without elaborating, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the US President of ’10 lies’ during his explosive annoucement yesterday and warned his country not to trust America, Britain, France and Germany.
Iran’s Supreme Leader has warned ‘America can’t do a damn thing’ as politicians burned a US flag in parliament in the wake of Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.
Without elaborating, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused the US President of ’10 lies’ during his explosive annoucement yesterday and warned his country not to trust America, Britain, France and Germany.
His comments came as Iranian politicians chanted ‘death to America’, set fire to a US flag and a symbolic copy of the Iran deal and vowed to continue spending on the country’s ballistic missile program.
Referring to Trump, Khamenei added this morning: ‘This man will turn to dust and his body will become food for snakes and ants. And the Islamic Republic will still be standing.’
‘I said many times from the first day: don’t trust America. And he added, ‘I don’t trust these three countries,’ Britain, France and Germany.
All three are parties to the agreement and were trying after Trump’s withdrawal to salvage the deal. But Khamenei sounded dubious about their efforts.
‘If you can’t get a definite guarantee, then the nuclear deal can not be continued,’ he said.
Khamenei heaped scorn on Trump, saying ‘You heard last night that the president of America made some silly and superficial comments.
‘He had maybe more than 10 lies in his comments. He threatened the regime and the people, saying I’ll do this and that. Mr. Trump, I tell you on behalf of the Iranian people: You’ve made a mistake.’
Khamenei, the highest authority in Iran, reluctantly gave his backing for the Iran nuclear deal and has publicly criticized the U.S. multiple times for not following through on its promises under the agreement.
Raising the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme was an excuse to curb the Islamic Republic’s regional influence and missile programme, Khamenei said. Accepting negotiations on its missiles and regional influence would mean Iran had to make endless concessions, he said.
