Ali Khamenei said those leading the U.S. government toward conflict 'are not decent humans, they don't stand by anything.'
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that while there will not be a full-scale war between his nation and the U.S., Washington will nonetheless be forced to retreat from the face-off as the Iranian people have a stronger resolve than Americans.
“The definite decision of the Iranian nation is to resist against America,” Khamenei continued, claiming that “in this showdown America will be forced to retreat...because our resolve is stronger.” Subsequent developments have pushed the diplomatic face-off into ever-more dangerous waters. On Sunday, four oil tankers—including two sailing under Saudi Arabian flags, one of which was set to deliver crude oil to the U.S.—were sabotaged by explosives off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. The culprits have yet to be identified, and Iran is claiming innocence.
Though U.S. allies have contradicted American warnings about the Iranian threat, Trump and his senior advisers have maintained their bellicose stance. The supreme leader said dealing with the U.S. was “poison,” Reuters reported, and suggested that negotiating “with the present American government is doubly poisonous.” He added: “They are not decent humans, they don't stand by anything.”
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