- The President tweeted two clips from a speech he made to U.N earlier this year
- Trump also tweeted that the Iranian people are ‘fed up with regime’s corruption’
- He is vocal critic of nuclear deal with Iran and said he won’t keep signing it off
US President Donald Trump weighed in on protests in Iran Saturday, warning that the country’s people want change and ‘oppressive regimes cannot endure forever.’
Trump posted on Twitter two clips of his speech to the UN General Assembly in September in which he took aim at the Iranian regime, which Washington has held out as its top adversary in the Middle East.
‘Oppressive regimes cannot endure forever, and the day will come when the Iranian people will face a choice. The world is watching!’ he tweeted, quoting from the speech.
President Trump is a vocal critic of Iran and the landmark nuclear deal with the country
He continued: ‘The entire world understands that the good people of Iran want change, and, other than the vast military power of the United States, that Iran’s people are what their leaders fear the most….’
Trump’s post was his second time addressing the subject in as many days,
On Friday he tweeted Trump tweeted on Friday night in support of protests against Iran’s economic problems that had spread to several towns and cities in Iran.
‘Many reports of peaceful protests by Iranian citizens fed up with regime’s corruption & its squandering of the nation’s wealth to fund terrorism abroad,’ he wrote.
President Trump delivering his speech about Iran to the United Nations in September
The President used his usual means of communication to send his message to the Iranian regime
‘Iranian govt should respect their people’s rights, including right to express themselves. The world is watching! #IranProtests.’
State media quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi as saying in response to an earlier Trump tweet criticising the arrests: ‘The Iranian people see no value in the opportunistic claims by American officials and Mr. Trump.’
In October President Trump has condemned Iran as a ‘fanatical regime’ and refused to continue signing off on the landmark international nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.
In a combative speech, Mr Trump accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism and proposed new sanctions.
He said Iran had already violated the 2015 deal, which imposed curbs on Iran’s nuclear capability in return for easing international embargoes.