US President
Donald Trump has launched an explosive all-caps Twitter threat on Iran
declaring “you will suffer consequences the likes of which few have ever
suffered before.”
Donald Trump’s tweet
follows Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cautioning the American leader on
Sunday about pursuing hostile policies against Tehran, saying:
“War with Iran is the
mother of all wars and peace with Iran is the mother of all peace.”
Rouhani also shared a
message for Trump, saying “do not play with the lion’s tail, because you will
regret it eternally.”
Donald
Trump’s tweet threat to Iran President Rouhani reads:
To Iranian
President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL
SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER
SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED
WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!
To Iranian President Rouhani: NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. WE ARE NO LONGER A COUNTRY THAT WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED WORDS OF VIOLENCE & DEATH. BE CAUTIOUS!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) 23 July 2018
WHAT CAUSED DONALD TRUMP
TWITTER THREAT TO IRAN PRESIDENT ROUHANI:
Donald Trump’s Twitter
threat — which was published about 11.30pm Washington time — came after Mr
Rouhani issued a warning to Mr Trump, which was disseminated via the country’s
state media network.
President Rouhani warned Mr
Trump earlier today that the “mother of all wars” would take place if the US
maintained its hostilities towards Iran.
“Mr Trump, don’t play with
the lion’s tail, this would only lead to regret,” he told a gathering of
Iranian diplomats.
“America should know that
peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of
all wars.
“You are not in a position
to incite the Iranian nation against Iran’s security and interests.”
Mr Rouhani scoffed at Mr
Trump’s threat to halt Iranian oil exports and said Iran had a dominant
position in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping waterway.
“Anyone who understands the
rudiments of politics doesn’t say ‘we will stop Iran’s oil exports’ … we have
been the guarantor of the regional waterway’s security throughout history,” Mr
Rouhani said, according to the semi-official ISNA news agency.
Trump’s also tweet came
shortly after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered his own blistering
speech on Iran’s leaders, accusing the clerics that rule the country of using
the country’s revenue to line their own pockets and fund terrorism at the
expense of average Iranians.
Pompeo said Sunday night at
the Ronald Reagan National Library in Simi Valley, California:
“To the regime, prosperity,
security, and freedom for the Iranian people are acceptable casualties in the
march to fulfill the Revolution.
“The level of corruption
and wealth among regime leaders shows that Iran is run by something that
resembles the mafia more than a government.”
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