Iran slams Biden's "blatant" interference in Tehran's affairs

Iran condemned on Sunday the US' interference in its affairs by supporting protests and riots in Iranian cities following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said in an Instagram post that "Biden's support for protests and rioters is a blatant interference in our internal affairs, which we categorically refuse."

 

 

 

 

 

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Kanaani added, "Biden should remember that this is Iran," adding "we will talk with one another, work together, and treat our wounds both small and great without foreign interference."

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The spokesperson further remarked, "Neither Biden's statements, nor the US' interventionism will surprise us, because intervention, aggression, and murder is the true nature of their government."

Iran vows retaliation in event of new EU sanctions: Amir-Abdollahian

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian condemned during a phone call with the Foreign Minister of Portugal, Joao Gomes Cravinho, the foreign intervention in Iran's internal affairs that instigated terrorists and rioters in the country by labeling them as protesters.

The Foreign Minister added that the country is “confronting terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda, Jaish ul-Adl and Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) in the west and the east. Moreover, we have seen the smuggling of weapons into the country from the western and eastern borders in recent weeks.”

Amir-Abdollahian also warned that Iran will respond to sanctions imposed by foreign states. "They have even put the subject of issuing resolutions or sanctions in the next meeting of the European Union’s Council of Ministers on their agenda. If such a measure takes place, the Islamic Republic of Iran will take retaliatory action," he stressed.