Trump architect of maximum pressure, source of ‘provocative, absurd’ messages on Iran riots: Envoy
An Iranian diplomat says US President Donald Trump provoked violence in Iran while sending a conflicting message about "protecting the Iranian people" during the recent foreign-backed riot in the country.
In an op-ed for TASS, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, called Trump the "architect and implementer of the policy of maximum pressure and sanctions."
At the same time, he added, the US president sends "absurd and contradictory signals about ‘supporting,’ ‘saving,’ or ‘protecting the Iranian people.’"
While Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian was meeting with members of the Chamber of Commerce, businessmen and entrepreneurs, and receiving them at cabinet sessions, Trump “issued provocative statements, political messages and public threats, through which he encouraged violence, supported terrorist groups, fueled social instability and attempted to turn peaceful demonstrations into violent unrest," the diplomat explained.
Late last month, Iran witnessed street protests triggered by a sharp fall in the rial, the Iranian currency, and economic hardship in the capital, Tehran, and other cities.
The peaceful protests across Iran turned violent after Trump and other American officials alleged that the United States would resort to fresh military aggression against Iran in the event of what they called Tehran’s “suppression” of the foreign-backed terrorist riots.
The Islamic Republic has repeatedly stressed that it would exert due effort to address economic protests, but stands firm in the face of attempts at derailing protests towards disorder.
On Saturday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran considers the US president the main culprit for the killings and destruction carried out by foreign-linked elements in recent riots.
“The US president is responsible for casualties, damage, and false accusations directed against the Iranian nation,” the Leader said, calling Trump a criminal.
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