Iran says Trump must change ‘harmful’ pressure policy, warns of ‘expansion of war’

TEHRAN — Iran on Saturday urged US President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider the “maximum pressure” policy he pursued against Tehran during his first term.

“Trump must show that he is not following the wrong policies of the past,” Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters.

Meanwhile Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that the wars in Gaza and Lebanon, where Israel is battling Tehran-backed terror groups, could spill over beyond the Middle East.

“The world should know that in case of the expansion of war, its harmful effects will not be limited only to the West Asia region; insecurity and instability can spread to other regions, even far away,” he said.

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Iran says Trump must change ‘harmful’ pressure policy, warns of ‘expansion of war’

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[mattfivefour]

Just foolish bluster, for domestic and neighboring consumption. They know for a fact that their plans are toast once Trump steps into the Oval Office. There is, however, a hardcore religious following that believe they have to create war and chaos so that the twelfth imam (the "hidden imam" or Mahdi -- Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mahdī) will arrive. They are interspersed throughout the leadership of Iran and are the ones to worry about because they are absolute fanatical in their belief that they are the ones to reveal him in this generation.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Iran is the bug telling the big guy with the boot what he should do and not do. Bye bye, bug.

Iran's ability to spread major chaos through a region is quickly being bombed to smithereens.

 

[Margery]

Iran is the bug telling the big guy with the boot what he should do and not do. Bye bye, bug.

Iran's ability to spread major chaos through a region is quickly being bombed to smithereens.

Stomp! SPLAT!

end of problem!

 

[Andy C]

No matter how absurd, its good to know the Iranian leadership has “jokes”.