Responding to the latest tweets of US President Donald Trump about his country, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said yesterday that his country would not start a war, but would defend itself.
On his official Twitter account, Zarif wrote: “Iran unmoved by threats as we derive security from our people.”
He added in another tweet: “We will never initiate war, but we can only rely on our own means of defence.”
The top Iranian official also tweeted: “We will never use our weapons against anyone, except in self-defence. Let us see if any of those who complain can make the same statement.”
On Thursday, Trump tweeted: “Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE for firing a ballistic missile. Should have been thankful for the terrible deal the US made with them!”
A couple of hours later, he also tweeted: “Iran is playing with fire – they don’t appreciate how ‘kind’ President Obama was to them. Not me!”
Trump also claimed that Iran was almost ready to collapse, but the nuclear deal saved it: “Iran was on its last legs and ready to collapse until the US came along and gave it a life-line in the form of the Iran Deal: $150 billion,” he tweeted.