Al-Monitor - The Iranian and American presidents have issued threats to one another in a sign of increasing tensions between their countries.�


During�a speech to Iranian officials�July 22, President Hassan Rouhani said the United States�is pursuing regime collapse and�disintegration�against Iran. He added, �America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of peace, and war will be the mother of wars. We will�not accept threats, and we have deterrent capabilities.�

Shortly afterward, US President Donald Trump responded to Rouhani�s speech,�tweeting�in all capital letters, �To the Iranian President: Never ever threaten the United States again or�you will suffer consequences�the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before. We are no longer a country that will stand for your demented words of violence and death. Be cautious!� Interestingly, Trump�s tweet followed shortly after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed a group of Iranian�Americans in southern California in a speech advertised as �Supporting Iranian Voices.� The speech was largely uneventful.

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