Shedding ‘crocodile tears’ and ‘dishonoring’ Persian language: Iranian officials blast Trump’s Farsi tweets

Officials in Tehran slammed both the language

Officials in Tehran slammed both the language and the message of US President Donald Trump’s tweets in Farsi, in which he backed anti-government protesters in the country and claimed to be standing up for ordinary Iranians.

“Hands and tongues smeared with threatening, sanctioning and terrorizing the #Iranian nation, are not entitled to dishonor the ancient #Persian language,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abbas Mousavi tweeted on Monday.

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