Iranian president Hassan Rouhani branded Trump administration officials as “liars” and “confused” as Tehran lashed out at Washington’s move to impose sanctions on the Islamic republic’s supreme leader and top diplomat.
Mr Rouhani said on Tuesday that a move by US president Donald Trump to ratchet up pressure by targeting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif showed White House officials “do not know what they are doing”.
Mr Trump responded on Twitter by accusing Iranian leaders of not understanding “reality” and warning that an attack on “anything American” by Iran would be “met with great and overwhelming force”. He added: “In some areas, overwhelming will mean obliteration.”
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