Iran Downplays US Madman Tactic as Worn-Out Strategy

Rasa - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani underlined that US President Donald Trump's exercise of the mad man tactic to horror the world is a worn-out and ineffective strategy.

News ID: 435822

Date: 15 January 2018 - 17:37

RNA - "The tactic of scaring the international community from the decisions of a madman is tired and ineffective and the US ruling system has become internationally isolated due to unwise decisions and repeated mistakes," Shamkhani said at a meeting with Syrian Parliament Speaker Hammoudeh Sabbagh in Tehran on Monday.

He said that another reason for isolation of the US and its allies and their irrational and emotional moves against Iran is Tehran's wise initiative and prudence to defeat the Western-Israeli-Arab strategy that seeks to destabilize the region.

In relevant remarks in October, Top Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi stressed that Trump is playing the role of a madman to help Washington meet its interests in the region and the world.

"The world arrogance has created all events and turmoil in the region today to confront the Islamic Revolution, and Trump is not a mad man but he plays the role of a mad man because existence of such a person is needed by the US to attain its goals in the region," Rahim Safavi said, addressing a ceremony in the Central city of Qom on Sunday.

Referring to Trump's meetings with Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, in recent months, he said, "Kissinger has recommended Trump to adopt this unwise strategy because existence of such a person at the head of the US administration is necessary for the country's influence and spreading global horror."

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