Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said yesterday “the US threats do not scare us and the Iranians will respond to them,” news agencies reported.
In the wake of the Iranian test of a ballistic missile, the new American President Donald Trump said that Iran is “the number one terrorist state”.
He also tweeted: “Iran is playing with fire – they don’t appreciate how ‘kind’ President Obama was to them. Not me!”
Iran is playing with fire – they don't appreciate how "kind" President Obama was to them. Not me!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2017
Khamenei said that Trump revealed the “real face” of the American corruption, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said.
“We are owed to this man… for making our life easy as he showed the real face of America,” Khamenei said in a meeting with the military commanders in Tehran.
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The Supreme Leader of the Iranian Revolution said: “We have been saying this for more than 30 years. It is the political, economic, ethical and social corruption inside the American ruling institution.”
Iran has previously said it would remain patient regarding the remarks of the new American president.
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