Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says there’s no need to respond to President Donald Trump’s “empty threats.”
Rouhani’s remarks Wednesday were his first since Trump warned the Iranian leader of dire consequences for threatening the United States.
Rouhani told his Cabinet that there are “baseless comments and empty threats” by “some U.S. leaders.”
He added: “There is no need for us to respond to any nonsensical comment and answer back to them.”
Rouhani also said: “We should respond to them with action.”
He added Iran’s “strongest response to their cheap comments” would be “indifference to their plots and choosing to resist and foil their schemes.”
Trump tweeted Sunday if Iran threatened the U.S., it would “suffer consequences.” He tempered this Tuesday, saying “we’re ready to make a real deal” with Iran.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif responded, tweeting “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) July 23, 2018
COLOR US UNIMPRESSED: The world heard even harsher bluster a few months ago. And Iranians have heard them —albeit more civilized ones—for 40 yrs. We’ve been around for millennia & seen fall of empires, incl our own, which lasted more than the life of some countries. BE CAUTIOUS!
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) July 23, 2018
(AP)
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Well he’s certainly right about that.