Iranian President Masoud Pazakhstani accused his American counterpart Donald Trump today of wanting to "bring the Islamic Republic to its knees," during a speech marking the 46th anniversary of the revolution that overthrew the Pahlavi monarchy.
"Trump says he wants to talk to Iran and then he signs off on all the conspiracies in the memorandum to bring our revolution to its knees," said Pezeshkian, referring to the text signed by the US president last Sunday, which envisages new sanctions on Iran.
In 2015, in Vienna, Iran concluded an agreement with France, Germany, Great Britain, China, Russia and the USA on the regulation of the nuclear program. In return, the text provided for the reduction of international sanctions against Tehran.
However, in 2018, Trump, then the first-term US president, unilaterally withdrew his country from the agreement and reimposed severe sanctions on Iran.
Tehran responded by increasing its stockpile of enriched uranium to 60 percent, while 90 percent is needed to make atomic weapons. Iran defends its right to nuclear energy for civilian purposes, especially for energy purposes, but denies that it wants to build an atomic bomb, while Western countries suspect it does.
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