Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday accused the United States of seeking regime change in the Islamic Republic.
Rouhani accuses US of seeking “regime change” in Iran
STEPANAKERT, OCTOBER 15, ARTSAKHPRESS: In a speech broadcast on Iranian state TV, Mr. Rouhani used the English phrase “regime change” to emphasize his point, and added that “in the past 40 years there has not been a more spiteful team than the current U.S. government toward Iran, Iranians and the Islamic Republic.”
During the speech, which marked the start of the academic year at Tehran University, Mr. Rouhani also claimed that Washington was now engaged in psychological and economic warfare against Tehran, the Washington Times reports.
“Reducing the legitimacy of the system is their final goal,” Mr. Rouhani said. “When they
say getting rid of, regime change in their own words, how does regime change happen? Through reducing legitimacy, otherwise a regime doesn’t change.”
Since May, when President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 multilateral deal that eased global sanctions in exchange for curbs on Iran’s suspect nuclear programs, tensions have dramatically escalated between Washington and Tehran.
