Iran Press/Iran news: “The great people of Iran will overcome the illegal sanctions and vanquish the economic terrorism of the United States, all the while registering the malign US behaviour in their collective historical memory,” Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a statement published on Thursday.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday claimed that Iran’s response to the natural disaster is a sign of "mismanagement in urban planning and in emergency preparedness."
Zarif called Pompeo's comments "unprofessional, interventionist and demagogic" and advised him to "address the calamities of disaster-struck Americans who have been suffering from natural disasters for months, instead of trying to take abnormal and politically-driven advantage of the suffering of human beings afflicted by natural disasters."
“Apparently, Mr. Pompeo has forgotten that the US federal government itself has shown to be incapable of providing sufficient relief in many regions affected by natural disasters, which have claimed the lives of thousands of Americans, cut off electricity and other services in affected areas for days and even weeks, and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes,” the statement said.
Iran's Foreign Minister went on to say that “Indeed, the people of Puerto Rico, as well as the victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Michael and Florence, have after months not even been able to have their lives return to a shadow of normalcy."
According to Zarif, more than a decade after Hurricane Katrina showed the utter unpreparedness of the US government to deal with a natural disaster, it would behove US authorities to provide for their own citizens—including the thousands who are still grappling with the impact and repercussion of natural disasters.
Zarif advised Pompeo not to forget that he represents the same US regime which has sacrificed the interests of the American people—of whom 43 million, according to official US government data, live below the poverty line, 100 million live in destitution, and 500,000 remain homeless—to pursue foreign adventures.
Referring to the economic terrorism that US endeavoured to target each and every Iranian, the statement concluded by saying: "The great people of Iran will soon prevail over the impact of the recent natural disaster—building a better future using lessons learned to avoid repetition of catastrophes that have hit the lives and livelihoods of our cherished citizens." 101/211
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