President Trump, in a tweet in capital letters late Sunday night, warned Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that if Iran threatened the United States again, it would face severe consequences.
Trump’s message came as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would step up broadcasts into Iran critical of the country’s theocratic rulers.
“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!” Trump tweeted.
Iran’s state-owned Islamic Republic News Agency replied within hours, dismissing Trump’s tweet and describing it as a “passive reaction” to Rouhani’s remarks.
Earlier Sunday, Rouhani said the United States should avoid inciting Iranians against the government as the Trump administration is poised to reimpose sanctions suspended under the 2015 nuclear deal that Trump withdrew from in May.
“the us ought to know that peace with Iran is the mom of all peace, and battle with Iran is the mom of all wars,” Rouhani told a meeting of Iranian diplomats, according to IRNA.
You are not in a function to incite the Iranian country against Iran’s security and hobbies,” Rouhani said.
Gen. Gholam Hossein Gheibparvar, head of the revolutionary shield’s paramilitary Basij pressure, said the us “gained’t dare” take military motion against Iran, whose missiles can hit most of the center East. Iran additionally controls a part of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passageway for all of the Persian Gulf oil tanker traffic.
The escalation of bellicose rhetoric comes simply three weeks earlier than the first spherical of banking sanctions suspended under the nuclear deal is reimposed. bigger sanctions, which will take impact in November, are geared toward cutting off clearly all of Iran’s oil market.