Iranian President Blasts Trump for Building Wall along Mexico

Rasa - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rapped his US counterpart Donald Trump for ordering construction of a wall along America's Southern border with Mexico, reminding him of the fate of the Berlin wall.

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Date: 28 January 2017 - 13:46

RNA - "We honor peace, reconciliation, brotherhood and coexistence. Today is not the time for building a wall between nations and they have forgotten that the Berlin wall collapsed several years ago," President Rouhani said, addressing an international tourism conference in Tehran on Saturday.

He, meantime, stressed Iran's role in establishing stability in the region and its fierce fight against terrorism, and said, "Had Iran not helped the Iraqi and Syrian people and armies, today the terrorists would have ruled Damascus and Baghdad."

President Rouhani described terrorism as a major danger threatening the entire world, and said, "We will help any freedom-seeking and oppressed nation against terrorism in any part of the world with all our power."

Trump has insisted he will force Mexico to pay for a wall between the two countries to curb what he has called as illegal immigration and drug trafficking.

On Friday, the mayor of Berlin pleaded with Trump not to build a wall with Mexico.

Michael Mueller said that such a wall would "destroy the lives of millions".

"Our city cannot look on without comment when a country plans to build a new wall," he said in a statement.

"We Berliners know best how much suffering was caused by the division of an entire continent with barbed wire and concrete. Do not go down this wrong path of isolation and exclusion."

Berlin was divided by a wall from 1961 until 1989, which was built by the socialist dictatorship in East Germany. It became a symbol of Cold War oppression.

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