Imam Khamenei: Iranians will Respond to Trump’s Threats on Friday

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The Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei dismissed US President Donald Trump's threats against Tehran, and called on Iranians to respond to Trump's threats Friday's anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

"Trump says, ‘Fear me!' No. The [Iranian] people will respond to these remarks on Bahman 22 and will show what position the Iranian people assumes vis-à-vis threats," imam Khamenei said on Tuesday.

He further stated: "The US's new president says, ‘You should be grateful to [former US President Barack] Obama! Why? Should we be thankful for Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"], the flames [of violence] in Iraq and Syria, and open support for the 2009 sedition [in Iran]?"

In parallel, the Leader stated: "It was him [Obama] who brought the crippling sanctions to the Iranian people," noting that "of course he fell short of his goal, and no enemy can cripple the Iranian people."

He also added that Trump had to be thanked because "he did the job for us of showing the US's true face."

"During the [US] election and after it, this gentleman [Trump] came and laid bare the political, economic, moral, and social corruption within the US establishment that we had been speaking of for thirty-odd years," Imam Khamenei said.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team