Iran rejects Pompeo’s claim of seeking peace, says outgoing US secretary of state obsessing with Tehran again
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly reacted to the latest claim by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about Washington’s persistent intention to pursue peace in dealing with the Iranian people, saying the outgoing American diplomat is obsessing with Iran again.
In a tweet on Friday, Pompeo claimed that the United States has always sought peace with the people of Iran while the Islamic Republic has been oppressing its nation and seeking conflict and violence against the West over the past 41 years and said this is the country’s true nature.
“The outgoing Mr. #WeLiedCheatedStole is obsessing with Iran again,” Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a post on his Twitter page on Saturday, referring to Pompeo, the former CIA director who admitted last year to misdeeds during his time in intelligence.
The outgoing Mr. #WeLiedCheatedStole is obsessing with Iran again.
— Saeed Khatibzadeh (@SKhatibzadeh) December 19, 2020
Reality: US regimes have long plotted coups & waged wars against Iranians and their neighbors. Countless have been killed. And most vulnerable Americans abused as cannon fodder.
This is his regime's true nature. pic.twitter.com/4ivuS6Y7tH
During his lecture at Texas A&M University in April 2019, Pompeo shared a personal anecdote as "a bit of an aside" how he came to defy his West Point honor code stating that "a cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do."
He admitted, "I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It was like we had entire training courses...it reminds you of the glory of the American experiment."
Khatibzadeh explained that the reality is that US regimes “have long plotted coups & waged wars against Iranians and their neighbors.”
The Iranian spokesperson emphasized that the US-led coups and wars have led to the killing of “countless” people while most vulnerable Americans were "abused as cannon fodder.”
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