Gunny
05-17-2019, 08:06 AM
May 17, 2019
DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior Iranian military official has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of dishonesty, saying Washington is calling for talks while “holding a gun” at Tehran, the semi-official news agency Mehr reported on Friday.
Trump has said publicly he wants to pursue a diplomatic route with Iran after withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, moving to cut off all Iranian oil exports this month while beefing up the U.S. Navy and Air Force presence in the Gulf.
Iran has dismissed the U.S. military build up as “psychological warfare” designed to intimidate it, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said this week that Tehran would not negotiate with the United States on another nuclear deal and such talks would be “poison”.
“The actions of American leaders in exerting pressure and launching sanctions … while speaking of talks, is like holding a gun at someone and asking for friendship and negotiations,” Mehr quoted Rasoul Sanai-Rad, a political deputy of the armed forces command, as saying.
“The behavior of American leaders is a political game which consists of threats and pressure while showing a willingness to negotiate in order to present a peaceful image of themselves and fool public opinion,” Sanai-Rad said.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
https://www.oann.com/u-s-urging-talks-while-holding-gun-at-iran-iranian-military-official/
Oh boo hoo :rolleyes: I must be missing something. The President is being dishonest with Iran? I think he's been pretty damned straight-forward about holding a gun to their heads and telling them it's his way or the highway. Stupid raghead can't even get his accusations right.
DUBAI (Reuters) – A senior Iranian military official has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of dishonesty, saying Washington is calling for talks while “holding a gun” at Tehran, the semi-official news agency Mehr reported on Friday.
Trump has said publicly he wants to pursue a diplomatic route with Iran after withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, moving to cut off all Iranian oil exports this month while beefing up the U.S. Navy and Air Force presence in the Gulf.
Iran has dismissed the U.S. military build up as “psychological warfare” designed to intimidate it, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said this week that Tehran would not negotiate with the United States on another nuclear deal and such talks would be “poison”.
“The actions of American leaders in exerting pressure and launching sanctions … while speaking of talks, is like holding a gun at someone and asking for friendship and negotiations,” Mehr quoted Rasoul Sanai-Rad, a political deputy of the armed forces command, as saying.
“The behavior of American leaders is a political game which consists of threats and pressure while showing a willingness to negotiate in order to present a peaceful image of themselves and fool public opinion,” Sanai-Rad said.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
https://www.oann.com/u-s-urging-talks-while-holding-gun-at-iran-iranian-military-official/
Oh boo hoo :rolleyes: I must be missing something. The President is being dishonest with Iran? I think he's been pretty damned straight-forward about holding a gun to their heads and telling them it's his way or the highway. Stupid raghead can't even get his accusations right.