Iranian Commander Criticizes Trump Statements
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The armed forces chief of staff had criticized Donald Trump for his past harsh words about confronting Iranian boats in the Gulf, Fars news agency reported.
The Thursday report quotes Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri as saying, "The person who has recently achieved power, has talked off the top of his head! Threatening Iran in the Persian Gulf is just a joke."
He said American presidential candidates during their campaigns "eat too much sugar," a reference to a Farsi proverb about those who talk nonsense.
In September, Trump said Iranian ships trying to provoke the US "will be shot out of the water."
In January, Iran took 10 American sailors prisoner ship veered off course into Iranian waters; they were released a day later.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team