Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday the United States had nothing to show for its appearance at the UN General Assembly this week, extending an exchange of insults with Tehran\u2019s arch-adversary.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump used his annual address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to denounce Iran as a \u201ccorrupt dictatorship\u201d whose leaders \u201csow chaos, death and destruction\u201d, and told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that Washington was pursuing further sanctions against the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n
Rouhani, in his General Assembly speech, suggested Trump suffered from a \u201cweakness of intellect\u201d after having withdrawn the United States from big powers\u2019 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, a move that dismayed European allies of Washington.<\/p>\n
At a news conference on Thursday following his return to Tehran, Rouhani said of the annual UN gathering, \u201cThe Americans had no achievements in this public assembly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Mr. Trump was speaking and at the beginning of his speech bragged a lot about the accomplishments of his-two year old administration, everyone laughed,\u201d Rouhani said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s important is that today, other than one or two countries, no one is supporting America,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a historic political isolation that is rare for America.\u201d<\/p>\n
Separately, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said that Iran would not bow to intensifying US economic pressure.<\/p>\n
Washington imposed new sanctions on Iran in August, targeting its trade in gold and other precious metals, purchases of US dollars and its car industry. Trump has said the United States will issue another round of tougher sanctions in November aimed at crippling Iran\u2019s oil sales and banking sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Americans say that by imposing sanctions they want to pressure the government of Iran but in reality with this method they deprive the people of their welfare and right to life,\u201d Hatami said, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmerica and the Zionist regime are trying to block the people of Iran from their revolutionary path and movement with economic pressure and cruel sanctions. But they should know that today we are self-sufficient and independent with regard to military products and have no dependence on any power in the world,\u201d Hatami said, as quoted by IRNA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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