Press TV - President Hassan Rouhani says Iranians will defeat US President Donald Trump like what they did to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

He made the remarks in a military parade in Tehran on Saturday to mark the beginning of the week that commemorates Iran's eight-year resistance against Iraq�s 1980-88 invasion.

About 600 vessels took part in the Persian Gulf�naval drill, a day after Iran held aerial exercises�in the waterway, vowing that a "pounding reply" awaited the�country's enemies.

Trump withdrew from a landmark multilateral nuclear deal�in May and reimposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic last�month.

"The same will happen to Trump. America will suffer the same�fate as Saddam Hussein," Rouhani said.

The president also said Iran will not abandon its defensive weapons,�including�its missiles "that make America so angry".