US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Iran’s supreme leader after the twisted Ayatollah accused him of being responsible for the deaths of over 3,000 protesters.
Tyrant Ali Khamenei, 86, labelled the US president a “criminal” as he claimed Trump fuelled the nationwide demonstrations which saw his security forces shoot civilians dead on the street.
In response, Trump slammed the dictator’s abhorrent ruling style.
“The man is a sick man who should run his country properly and stop killing people,” Trump told Politico on Saturday.
“His country is the worst place to live anywhere in the world because of poor leadership.”
Khamenei says Iran views Trump as the main reason for the “casualties, damages and slander” in Tehran across the past three weeks.
The official death toll across Tehran stands at 3,090, according to human rights activists, but fears remain that the true total could be closer to 12,000.
The Middle East was braced for US strikes on the Islamist regime after Trump promised brave protesters “help is on the way” after 17 days of bloody street strife.
Iran’s bloodthirsty regime had vowed to fast-track trials and executions of those captured during the deadly protests but Trump has now accepted assurances that “killing in Iran is stopping”.
“The best decision he ever made was not hanging more than 800 people two days ago,” Trump told Politico.
The President went on to say Khamenei should focus on running his own country properly and not “killing people by the thousands in order to keep control.”
“Leadership is about respect, not fear and death,” Trump told Politico.
Trump also called for the end of Khamenei’s brutal 37-year reign.
“It’s time to look for new leadership in Iran,” Trump said.
Khamenei went into hiding once Trump started to threaten to launch strikes on Tehran over the deaths of the protesters but reappeared today for religious festivities in the capital.
But Iranian sources warned yesterday that hundreds of prisoners among more than 18,000 believed to have been arrested were still in danger.
An Iranian refugee in contact with protesters told The Sun: “The regime is buying time by lying to Trump and they will do what they want once he loses focus.
“People are pleased that there have been no executions so far but that could change very quickly.”
The number of executions in Iran, usually by gruesome public hangings, has doubled in the past year as Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei cracked down following June’s 12-day war with Israel.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/15798209/trump-iran-worst-place-live-ayatollah-sick-man/