Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today dismissed US President Donald Trump's aggressive criticism as the "rants and whoppers" of a "brute".
"I don't want to waste my time on answering the rants and whoppers of the brute US president," Khamenei said in a speech to students in Tehran, published on his Telegram channel.
It was his first response to Trump's bellicose speech last Friday in which he called for tougher sanctions to curb Iran's "destabilising activities" in the Middle East.
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"Everyone be assured that this time, too, America will be slapped and defeated by the nation of Iran.
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