29 Mar 2024
Thursday 21 September 2017 - 10:30
Story Code : 276639

Rouhani on Trump UN speech: 'Ignorant, absurd and hateful'

Al-Monitor- Around 6:30 p.m. Sept. 19, Iranians were tuned in, waiting tohear what US President Donald Trump would say inhis addressto the UN General Assembly with regard to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action(JCPOA). The 2015 pactresulted in the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions against Iran.


Trump said, We cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program. The Iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy. It has turned a wealthy country, with a rich history and culture, into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshedand chaos.

The president'sharsh wordsabout Iran and hislamentation aboutthe JCPOA reached between Iran and the P5+1 (China,France,Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States plusGermany)went beyond Iranians' already negative expectations. Iranians reacted tothe speech by launching the hashtagShutUPTrumpto express their displeasurewith his words and stands. One Iranian, Javad Aghaie, tweeted, I wish that before Trump's speechthey had taken an alcohol and drug test so that he wouldnt talk in such contradictory ways.

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