Iran rebukes Trump's State of Union address

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister on Wednesday denounced US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address in which the Republican leader defended his country's sanctions against Tehran and accused the regime of sponsoring terror. Mohammad Javad Zarif took to Twitter to vent his protest against Trump's annual address to Congress. "Iranians-including our Jewish compatriots-are commemorating 40 years of progress despite US pressure, just as Donald Trump again makes accusations against us at SOTU 2019," Zarif said.

"The US hostility has led it to support dictators, butchers and extremists, who have only brought ruin to our region," he added. In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump contextualized his Iran policy by castigating the regime for its anti-Semitism. He said that Iran "chants death to America and threatens genocide against the Jewish people. We must never ignore the vile poison of anti-Semitism or those who spread its venomous creed". (IANS)

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