Tehran Friday prayer leader urges strong resistance to US policies

Rasa – Tehran’s provisional Friday prayer leader called on the Iranian officials to learn lessons from the past and keep standing against the US’ hostile policies.

News ID: 433084

Date: 13 October 2017 - 18:58

RNA – Addressing worshippers in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani urged the country’s authorities to take into account the “bitter experience” of trusting the United States in the past and keep in mind that Washington is always seeking to harm the Islamic Republic.

The Iranian officials should tap into the domestic capacities and keep standing against the US administration’s bullying strategies.

Concerns have been growing in recent weeks that the US administration unilaterally scraps the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1  group of countries (Russia, China, the US, the UK, France and Germany).

In a statement, American President Donald Trump is expected to declare that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is no longer in the US’ national security interests and to decertify the multilateral agreement.

In mid-September, the Supreme Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, lambasted the US for violating the JCPOA, warning that any “wrong move” concerning the nuclear deal would draw reaction from Iran.

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