Rouhani: war with Iran mother of all wars
By Trend
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned US President Donald
Trump not to pursue hostile policies against Tehran, saying, “You
will regret it”.
“We are men of honor and have guaranteed the security of the
region’s waterways throughout the history. Don’t play with the
lion’s tail, this would only lead to regret,” Rouhani said on July
22 in Tehran, Fars news agency reported.
Rouhani made the remarks addressing a meeting attended by the
Iranian representatives in foreign countries.
"America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all
peace and war with Iran is the mother of all wars," he added.
The president continued that Iran would not accept the language of
threat and that its military might is only for deterrent
purposes.
“Threats will boost solidarity among us and we will certainly
defeat the US,” Rouhani said.
Rouhani further touched upon the Iran nuclear deal after the US withdrawal, saying “Washington’s first objective was to have us violate the nuclear deal on our own; then they tried to provoke the IAEA but they failed.”
Their third step was to convince EU to make changes to the JCPOA, he said, adding that Trump made a lot of efforts, but at the end he was forced to walk away from the agreement on his own.
US President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in May, and Washington now plans to reimpose sanctions on Tehran next month. The first round of US sanctions on Iran goes into effect in August, followed by ones targeting Iran's oil exports in November.
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