Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back on Monday at threats from US President Donald Trump on Twitter, warning him to « BE CAUTIOUS!
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hit back on Monday at threats from US President Donald Trump on Twitter, warning him to « BE CAUTIOUS! »
Mimicking Trump’s bellicose Twitter threat directed at Iran’s leaders the previous day, Zarif wrote: « UNIMPRESSED… We’ve been around for millennia & seen fall of empires, incl our own, which lasted more than the life of some countries. BE CAUTIOUS!
Zarif was responding to Trump’s tweet on Sunday, in which he warned: « NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE. »
That was assumed to be a response to a speech by President Hassan Rouhani earlier in the day warning Washington not to « play with the lion’s tail » and that conflict with Iran would be the « mother of all wars ».
« The world heard even harsher bluster a few months ago, » Zarif said of Trump’s tweet.
« And Iranians have heard them — albeit more civilised ones — for 40 yrs. »
