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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei ironically 'thanked' Trump for showing the US' 'real face' |
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed US President Donald Trump's recent warnings against Tehran over the country's missile tests.
Speaking to military commanders in Tehran on 7 February, the Ayatollah addressed Trump's assertions following the test-firing of a ballistic missile and the subsequent sanctions. "Iran is playing with fire!" Trump tweeted.
Khamenei called on the Iranian people to show their defiance in the upcoming commemoration of the 1979 Islamic revolution, on 10 February.
"Iranians are not afraid of threats," he said, as quoted in a statement issued on his official website and republished on the state-run PressTV media agency. "No enemy can paralyse this great nation," he added.
The Trump administration imposed on 3 February new sanctions on 26 companies and individuals from around the world that are linked to Iran's ballistic missile test. Ahead of the new sanctions, Trump wrote in a tweet that Iran had been formally "put on notice", adding: "Should have been thankful for the terrible deal the US made with them!".
Trump was referring to the nuclear disarmament deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was negotiated between Iran and the previous US administration, along with representatives from the European Union, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the UK.
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