Ayatollah Ai Khamenei slammed President Donald Trump for his announcement that the U.S. would withdraw from the nuclear accord with Iran, saying that Trump lied and threatened the Iranian regime.
"He had maybe more than 10 lies in his comments. He threatened the regime and the people, saying I’ll do this and that. Mr. Trump, I tell you on behalf of the Iranian people: You’ve made a mistake,” Khamenei wrote on his website, Reuters reported.
"This man will turn to dust and his body will become food for snakes and ants… and the Islamic Republic will still be standing," Khamenei wrote.
Trump, in his announcement, also re-imposed sanctions on Iran.
"I said many times from the first day: don’t trust America," Khamenei said, adding that he also did not trust Britain, France, or Germany.
In Iran’s parliament Wednesday, lawmakers burned an American flag and cried "Death to America."
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