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Trump, Iranian President trade words over US “economic terrorism”
The ongoing 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly attended by world leaders turned out to be a war of words between Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his US counterpart Donald Trump.
While addressing the assembly, Rouhani said on Tuesday that world security is under threat by some states’ “recklessness and disregard” of international values and institutions.
“Confronting multilateralism is not a sign of strength. Rather, it is a symptom of the weakness of the intellect. It betrays an inability in understanding a complex and interconnected world,” he said.
Rouhani said that it is “unfortunate” that the world is witnessing rulers “who think they can secure their interest better…by formenting extremist, nationalism and through xenophobic tendencies resembling Nazi desposition.”
Reacting to Rouhani’s comments, Trump repeated his administration’s contention that Iran is the world’s “leading sponsor of terrorism”.
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“Iran’s neighbours have paid a heavy toll for the regime’s agenda of aggression and expansion,” Trump said, accusing Iranian leaders of having “embezzled billions of dollars” from the country’s treasury to wage proxy wars.
“The dictatorship used the funds to build nuclear-capable missiles, increase internal repression, finance terrorism, and fund havoc and slaughter in Syria and Yemen,” he said.
“We ask all nations to isolate Iran’s regime as long as its aggression continues.”
The US president also promised Iran would face more economic difficulties when the second round of sanctions targeting the energy sector snap back on November 5.
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